jpdb beta

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

foreign country

1

pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter

5

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

2

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

half a year; six months

4

at times; occasionally

5

(some) more; even more; longer; further

9

was

4

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

2

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

3

doing as one is told; yes-man

1

to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl

2

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

6

tableware

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

3

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

7

cry; crying voice

1

local people

1

dwelling; house; residence; living; life

2

window

3

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

1

manly; masculine; like a man

2

whispering into a person's ear

3

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

who

5

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

8

storefront; shopfront

1

lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

8

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

2

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

2

restaurant

1

table

4

chair; stool; post; office; position

3

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

4

one hand

2

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

7

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

4

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

2