jpdb beta

wave; ups and downs

3

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

2

of no concern at all; no skin off my nose

1

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

2

pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

2

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

1

to be to the point; to be pertinent

1

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

6

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

2

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

3

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

5

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

2

stomach medicine

1

cloth bag

1

blanket

1

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

6

mother and child

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

pocket

1

yurt

2

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

1

to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison

6

to have medicine be effective

1

triumphant return; returning in triumph

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition

1

direct control; direct supervision

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

3

all talk (and no action)

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

3

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

guess; speculation; supposition

3

older brother and younger sister

2

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

1

certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

1

naivete; simplicity; innocence

1

companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

1

tournament; knockout competition

2

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

6

older sister and younger brother

3

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

2

state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place

1

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

1