jpdb beta

virtue; charm; merit; good point

1

to fall asleep

1

to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over

1

importance; gravity

1

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

2

life; living; I; me; student

1

to spread; to be propagated

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

5

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

the street; the town

1

peddler; pedlar; hawker

1

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

money-exchange shop

1

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

1

in the end; on top of that

1

prostitute

1

to get information; to find out; to get wind of

1

degree of accuracy

1

next; secondly; subsequently

2

purchase; buying

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

to set aside

1

self-introduction

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

2

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

1

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

rare metal; minor metal

1

self-supply; self-sufficiency; producing for oneself; providing for oneself

2

to buy a large amount (of); to purchase (in large quantities); to buy in; to buy regularly; to make regular purchases; to be a regular customer

1

government; administration; ministry

1

country; territory; domain; realm

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

outside the country; abroad

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

8

friendly relations

2

joint struggle; common (united) front

5

ambassador plenipotentiary

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

2

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

2

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

2

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

1

wariness

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move

2

to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

1