jpdb beta

to harden earth into a mass

2

bad weather

1

maintenance

1

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

you could say that

1

uniform; standard

1

to hand over; to surrender

2

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

1

desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

1

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

1

justification; warrant

1

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

2

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

1

suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers

1

here I am; I'm home!

2

apartment

7

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

2

living; lifestyle; living room

3

Maira; Myra

50

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

4

roadside; wayside

4

insecurity; carelessness

1

to entertain; to make welcome

1

legs and loins

3

low wages

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary

7

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

2

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

3

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

2

business

2

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

patent fee; royalty

1

use fee; rent

4

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally

4

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

to be erected; to be built

5

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

cloudy sky; overcast sky

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

to show in; to usher in

2

to make tea

1

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

3