jpdb beta

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

2

retainer; attendant; escort

2

large quantity; large amount

1

nourishment; nutrition

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

8

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

mixed fruit juice

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

treasure

2

which; what (way)

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

gold and silver; money

3

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

national budget

2

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

immediate reply

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

2

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

2

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

coup d'état; coup

1

whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

imperial family; royalty

3

property; assets; fortune

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

1

to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

tomfoolery; monkey business

1

green; green color

1

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

2

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

choice; selection; option

3

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

2

to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

sale; sales; selling; marketing

1

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

1

realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation

3

concocting an alibi

1

scandal

1

to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

accomplice; co-conspirator

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1