jpdb beta

foolish; stupid

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

3

pride; boast; credit (to)

9

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

2

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

to wait upon; to serve

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

vein (esp. in head)

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

29

straw

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

4

to survive; to live long

1

disgrace; shame

1

pus; corruption; rot; evils

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

10

just how; how (dare you)

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

5

aha!; yes sir

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

tooth

3

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

to cheer; to jeer; to mock

1

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

rule; reign; peaceful times

3

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

5

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

2

(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit

1

boss; chief; head

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

1

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

4

squalid; messy

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

to spit out; to eject; to dump

2

choices; alternatives; options

2

mule

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

7

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

1

poor people; the poor

1

contribution; donation

1

generous; broad-minded; big-hearted

1