jpdb beta

underworld; underside of society

3

regular customer; valued client

1

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

2

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

business discussion; negotiation

3

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

child

1

internal organs; viscera; intestines

1

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

among (them); of (them)

1

short term; short time

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

2

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

1

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

2

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

2

time; appointed time

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

Asian

1

limit; restriction

1

global scale; worldwide scale

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened

1

staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

1

cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

improvement; reform

1

to guess right

1

boastful speech; bragging

2

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

1

in the end; at the end of the day

1

article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

1

commercial value; commodity value; marketability

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)

4

imitation; fake; counterfeit; sham

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

chain; chains

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

soul; spirit

1

organic matter

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

2