jpdb beta

tenant farming

1

hit; strike; blow

2

group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

1

one person; one member

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

cultivation; farming

1

tank (military vehicle); chariot

2

army corps; corps

2

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

1

housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp

1

return to one's country; return to one's hometown

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

9

guidance

2

ultimate; final; last; eventual

2

happy ending

2

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

1

implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

1

way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

colour; color; hue; tints

3

to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy

3

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

2

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

2

colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

3

reality

3

to be worth telling; to be worth confiding in

3

sequel; later development

1

marriage

16

several months

3

after

17

since then; from that time; ever since

7

diligent; hard-working; industrious

2

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

8

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

1

peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

2

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

5

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

(photographic) camera

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

to embrace each other

4

to get along well together; to be close to each other

1