jpdb beta

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

2

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

3

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

faint smile

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

dominant person; preeminent person; strongest contender; far right wing; right-wing extremist; radical right wing

1

Mannuel

14

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

4

extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch

1

quick work; (clever) feat

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

1

family name; house name; family honour; family honor

3

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

suicidal tendency; suicidal wish

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

table

1

funds; capital

4

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

1

200; two hundred

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

large amount of money; great cost

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

5

adultery; infidelity

5

one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)

3

adultery; illicit intercourse; secret communication (e.g. with the enemy)

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

play; drama

2

bluff

1

adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality

1

different mother

1

older brother and younger sister

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

3

close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer

1

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

retainer; attendant; escort

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

3

's house; 's home

1

power map; power structure; power relationships

1

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

1

religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

well-known; famous

1

honest; steady

2