jpdb beta

conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

2

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

1

huge; big; enormous

1

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

21

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

4

how (can); by what means

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

12

smile

14

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

13

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

3

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

6

liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

15

historical; traditional; historic

1

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

19

research; study; investigation

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

Island; insula; island; islet

4

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

4

pre-war days; before the war

1

sailor; seaman; mariner

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf

12

several houses

1

brothel

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

11

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

5

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

4

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

8

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

1

now; nowadays

1

having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

2

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

8

woman who works in the sex industry

1