jpdb beta

first; new

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

2

serious injury

1

lucky; fortunate

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

3

without

2

complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

1

drink; beverage

3

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

1

to pick a fight

1

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

3

apology

4

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

2

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

1

small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

4

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

stranger; outsider

3

due form; official; formality

2

simply; merely; only; solely

5

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

4

important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station

1

speech; expression; wording; language

1

(political) power; authority; influence

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then

1

timewasting; killing time

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

ice cream soda; icecream soda

1

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

2

in big gulps

1

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

1

forcefulness of speech; influential voice

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

2

what do you want?; can I help you?

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

3

to go; to come

2

otherwise; or else; if not

3

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

easy to understand

4

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

or; otherwise

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

and; thereupon; because of that

2

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

5