jpdb beta

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

14

to die; to lay down life's burden

2

emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

3

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

6

mechanism

3

to skin; to peel

1

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old

1

giant tree

2

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

9

spread of fire

3

purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

5

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

18

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

2

one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

1

to escape

7

stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters

2

official name; formal name

1

underworld; underside of society

7

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

1

law; legislation; act

15

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

8

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

2

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

14

large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive

2

thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

1

too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot

1

underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

5

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

16

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

5

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

26

last month

1

large-scale

9

stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock

10

to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)

1

8000; eight thousand; many

2

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

22

to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

3

cawing (of a crow)

2

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

4

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

4

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

2

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

21

top (of a table, counter, etc.); tabletop; countertop; baking tray; baking sheet; sheet pan

3

a little bit; a little while

5

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

2