jpdb beta

capital; funds; seed money; asset

1

wholesale; wholesaling

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

judgement; judgment; connoisseur

1

quick to seize an opportunity

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

4

customer; client; patron

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

4

ability; capability; skill

1

prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

2

one day; (on) a certain day

6

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

6

if it's the case

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rest period; intermission; break time; recess

2

to grumble; to complain

6

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

1

talkative person; gossip

1

feminine; womanly; female

1

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

1

to begin to speak

1

feel good (pleasant)

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

2

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

dead end; tragic ending (e.g. of film)

1

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

3

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

indescribable; having no way to express

2

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

3

evasion; avoidance

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fortune; luck

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

3

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

2

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

2

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

2

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

2

facing upward

3

doze; nap; snooze

1

smile

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

4

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

5

memory; ability to learn

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