jpdb beta

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

2

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

2

alternation of generations

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

7

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

6

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

to polish; to rub up

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

3

dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

1

shit!; damn!

4

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

1

alcohol; sake

8

decoration; ornament; trimmings

9

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

2

phantom; vision; illusion

6

with a thud

1

throne

9

to sit down

2

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

2

service; duty; work

2

chamberlain

8

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

5

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

2

to raise an army

1

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

4

mean (greedy) about money; stingy

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

7

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

amount of money; sum of money

2

somewhat below; slightly below

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

6

fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus

1

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

1

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

2

disloyal retainer; treacherous subject

1

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

11

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

5

heavy drinking

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

4

unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

2

to lend (e.g. money)

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

5

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

5