jpdb beta

jumble; hodgepodge

1

rich person

1

savage; barbarian; aboriginal

4

trader

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect

1

curt; blunt; brusque

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

7

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

the whole city; all the cities; every city

2

brothel

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

piece of cloth

1

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

2

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

2

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

2

crowd; turnout

1

body; frame

1

ruffian; villain; scoundrel

1

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

2

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

1

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

3

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

2

flour; meal; powder; dust

3

steamed bun; steamed bread

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

only; just

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

2

strange; eccentric

1

bar; pub; tavern

1

feeling one gets from listening to something

1

to mind; to care; to worry

1

everyday occurrence

1

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

1

gaudy; showy; garish; loud

2

illumination; lighting

1

(a) row; line

2

biwa (Japanese lute)

3

to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck

1

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

1

to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

4