jpdb beta

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

if you do this; if this is the case

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to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

representative; exemplary; model

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secret society

1

(navigable) canal; waterway

2

water transportation

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

4

high (lofty) ambition

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

2

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

the establishment

1

profit; earnings

1

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

2

narcotic; drug; dope

4

gambling

2

prostitution

1

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

1

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

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to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

9

the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

1

ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties

1

political measures; policy

1

transportation

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

2

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

2

sailor; seaman

2

outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

1

love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland

1

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

1

Beijing (China); Peking

1

contraband (goods); prohibited goods

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

opium

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smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade

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

Opium War (1840-42)

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

to cancel; to call off

2

marine transport; carriage by sea

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics

1

center; centre; metropolis

1

foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)

2

commerce and industry

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economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

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