jpdb beta

to fade; to become dim

1

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

3

usurer; usury; loansharking

1

great wealth; enormous fortune

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

financing; loan

1

to default on one's debt

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

biological younger brother

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

peerage; court rank

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

2

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

2

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

2

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

low table; table with very short legs

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

2

peach (Prunus persica)

2

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

1

visitor; caller

1

reluctant (to part)

2

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

2

short (of a person)

1

light brown; tawny

3

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

3

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

1

irritating; frustrating

1

breast pocket

2

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

2

order; request

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

1

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

3

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

2

to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

to grimace; to make a wry face

3

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

to buy; to purchase

1

thank you for your continued patronage

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

3

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

3