jpdb beta

witch doctor; shaman

1

tax; duty

2

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

2

question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible

1

abuse of confidentiality

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

107

younger days; youth

2

heirloom

4

Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

13

missing person

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

monster; demon; magical beast

1

older sister; elder sister

2

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

4

coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

1

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

trachea; windpipe

2

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

2

spirit power; magical power

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

2

chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands

1

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

2

generous; unstinting

1

long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

1

field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)

1

national road; national highway

1

to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)

3

passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

4

while moving; on the move

1

cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

6

outlaw

2

courting; wooing; making advances

1

womb; uterus

1

to grow older (than expected); to advance in age

2

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm

2

to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)

1

Muqui

1

human flesh

12

encouragement; cheering on

1

raw meat; fresh meat

2

fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination

1

implantation (of an embryo)

1

girl; lass; young thing; chick

5

gear

1

depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)

1

clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes

1

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1