jpdb beta

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

1

a bolt out of the blue

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

to lay aside; to set aside

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

1

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

to examine papers

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

bill (law); measure

2

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

4

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

2

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

1

overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

1

urgency; emergency

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

2

twenty-five

1

to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look

1

sentiment; sentimentality

1

age fifty; one's fifties

1

cause of death

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to drink too much

3

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

nothing but; none other than

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

gist; main point

1

love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker

1

chronic

1

entrails

1

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

1

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)

1

earthenware pot

3

(filled) to the brim

1

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

1

Kounen

2

broadminded; magnanimous; (arch.) abundant (of flowing water); (arch.) plentiful

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hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

2

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

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