jpdb beta

to laugh scornfully

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

5

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

1

ashamed

1

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

1

dirty hands; grimy hands

1

nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused

1

to leave one's seat

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

7

to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

2

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

4

hard to do

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

1

mistake; error; blunder

1

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

3

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

conclusion

1

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

1

notice; attention; observation

1

season; time of year

2

right foot; right leg

2

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

4

ring

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

4

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

to go along; to walk along; to follow

1

in proportion to; just as much as

3

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

cheap; reasonable

3

many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together

1

amount of payment; amount paid

1

to be saved up (of money)

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage

1

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

1

to await; to expect

3

tactics; strategy

1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

6

watery grave (metaphor)

2

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

now; nowadays

2

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

to buy; to purchase

8

the latter

3