jpdb beta

deep brown

7

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

3

spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

1

weakening

2

plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

at least

1

to survive

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

1

double agent

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

balance; equilibrium

3

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

1

shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem

1

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

2

cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

1

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

1

older sister

2

empress (consort); queen (consort)

1

cunning; craft; guile; slyness

1

to interrupt (a person)

1

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

poison

3

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

mysterious death

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

2

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

one house; the same house

1

prison

1

minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour

1

judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

1

release; liberation; acquittal

1

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

2

death by hanging; execution by hanging

2

taking poison

1

trial; judgement; judgment

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1