jpdb beta

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

5

one week

1

credit; claim

1

decision; agreement

1

based on; on the basis of

3

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

financing; loan

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give

2

last month

1

the end (of); powder

1

interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

1

to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

1

security; guarantee; collateral; guarantee (e.g. of safety)

1

to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

money

1

inferior goods; faulty item

1

being produced in a particular region; local specialty

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

unceasing; never-ending; endless

1

just the other day; quite recently

1

that kind; competition; match

3

texture; space between threads (i.e. in cloth)

1

artistic

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diagonal

1

mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

3

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

2

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock

1

moneylending; moneylender

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

2

line; row; rank; list

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

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so what!; who gives a damn?

1

to have an eye for

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(another's) daughter; young lady

2

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

2

outsider; layman; amateur

1

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

1