jpdb beta

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

12

literacy rate

1

will not do; do not; does not

2

lemon

3

I don't want to boast but

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

4

Estella

3

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

5

place name; toponym

3

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

1

cough; ahem

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

2

Colins; Collins; Collyns

2

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

2

a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you

1

pond

2

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

3

forever; in perpetuity

1

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

1

to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

3

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

different thing; another question; different case

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

2

with a half-opened eye

1

splendidly; brilliantly

3

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

unrequited love; one-sided love

3

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

to have medicine be effective

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

2

severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

1

where to?; whither?

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)

1

rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths

2

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

2

notice; attention; observation

3

street; quarter; district; area

2

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

without exaggeration; truthful; factual

2

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

2