jpdb beta

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

2

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

4

to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs

1

so to speak

2

dead flesh; carrion

1

to grow fat

1

overripeness; full maturity; full development

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

1

wicked; evil; wrong; bad

2

old; olden

1

deep-seated grudge; hatred

4

to cast a shadow

1

it may be because

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

3

to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

superb view; picturesque scenery

1

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

managing director; president of a company (US)

1

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

1

successive generations; successive emperors

1

company president; manager; director

5

performance of one's official duties

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

ebony

2

desk; copy editor

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation

4

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

3

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

2

leather shoes; leather boots

1

rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

industrialist; entrepreneur

1

personality; style; appearance

1

suit (clothing); suit

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

1

brazen (esp. of a woman's behavior); bold; rough; violent; person who eats or entertains without paying; freeloading sightseer

1

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

2

suspicious-looking; fishy

2

bar; pub; tavern

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

1

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

incense

21

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

2

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

1