jpdb beta

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

3

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

20

Las Vegas, Nevada

2

gambling house; gaming room; gambling den

7

open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

1

Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

4

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

2

Tom Pendergast

3

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

10

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

3

politics; government

3

municipal government

8

committee member

1

election

1

re-election

1

several days later

1

manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

15

henry (unit of inductance)

4

McElroy

3

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

11

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

4

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

7

technique; art; skill; move

4

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

9

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

3

powerful; strong

4

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

2

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

3

three generations; three periods; third generation

1

acupuncturist

7

Trueman; Truman

3

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

4

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

every night

6

nine o'clock

1

exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

1

bedroom

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

12

pleasure; merriment

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

4

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

1

one's own profits; one's own pockets

1

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

1

red-light district

1

cement

1

company; corporation; workplace

31

civil engineering and construction; public works and construction

1

the (civil engineering and) construction industry

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

11

highway

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