jpdb beta

regular customer; valued client

2

pollution; public nuisance; contamination

1

opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)

1

opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)

1

main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis

1

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

2

developer

1

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

5

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

2

overwork; strain

1

aloe (esp. arborescens)

1

emotional instability

1

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

6

24 hours; twenty-four hours

2

to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

4

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

5

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

4

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

2

woman; girl; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); feminine noun

1

back tooth; molar

2

sense of duty (obligation)

1

racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

4

detailed; minute

3

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

3

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

5

oracle; revelation; divine message

2

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

4

abstract

2

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

crystal ball

4

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

2

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

7

light weight

2

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

very thin voice

1

laundry basket

2

to smile

2

sudden impulse; passing fancy

2

pointing out; identification

12

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

3

using one's arms as a pillow

4

person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

6

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

36

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

3

easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy

9

materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

2

technical skill; ability; capacity

1