jpdb beta

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

4

to catch fish

2

hogshead; puncheon; foudre

1

to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust

1

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

1

ocean fish; saltwater fish

1

salty taste; saltiness

1

no good at cooking

1

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

1

stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)

1

to suffer from hunger

1

villages

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

2

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

2

hedge

1

spring breeze

1

circulation; dissemination

1

to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense

1

from there; thence

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

2

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

base; basis; bedrock; platform

2

being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face

1

exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish

1

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

1

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

3

having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

1

fixed content; settled matter; done deal

1

split; division; break up

1

palsy; paralysis; every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)

1

bitter experience

1

the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

1

touché; you've got me there

2

sign; symbol; mark

1

difficult; hard

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter

2

power; authority; influence

1

pioneer; settler; colonist

1

noble class; nobility

1

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

1

to be discordant; to have discord

2

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

1

thirteen; 13; king

10

to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)

2

soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched

1