jpdb beta

occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)

2

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

4

hindsight-based opinion

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

4

wealthy merchant

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

5

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

1

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

1

ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; modification; qualification

5

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

2

plain text; unciphered text

2

talk; chat

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

2

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

secret information; intelligence

2

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

change; money exchange

15

price increase; rise in price

1

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

1

protest; objection

3

payment of taxes

1

round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

1

to pay

4

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print

9

(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage

3

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

2

loss

2

asking price

1

practical problem; practical matter

1

weather

3

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

2

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

8

to be in a huff

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

tax increase

6

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

to dampen; to moisten

1

of course; certainly; naturally

11

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

4

juristical; legal

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

national tax

3

interest; rights; concession

2

undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow

1

Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)

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