jpdb beta

used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

1

old woman

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

4

money on hand

1

to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for

1

greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence

1

to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

32

safe and secure; safe and worry-free

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

3

older sister; lass; young lady

1

beautiful woman; pretty girl

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

4

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

7

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

2

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman

1

four thousand; 4,000

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

4

snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...

1

clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)

1

first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer

1

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

2

service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

5

tout; swindler; con-man; pimp

5

earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware

1

with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

every evening; every night

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

7

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

countenance; features; looks

1

way one walks; one's walk

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

3

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

3

local people

1

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

2

to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

16

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

3

evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation

2

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

4

to be able to conceal

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

11

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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