jpdb beta

silk

1

dice; die

2

dark brown; olive brown

1

presenting to

1

downward glance; contemptuous look

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

coating (esp. lacquering)

1

to peel off

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

3

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

2

to look around; to look towards (us)

2

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

29

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

7

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

septum; bridge of nose

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

1

pool (in river)

1

white clothing

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

1

after; since

3

in everything

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

4

mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

1

disposition; nature

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

1

lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

1

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

1

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

10

is it not so?

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

2

in pieces

1

to break; to smash

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town

1

dissolute mind; hardened heart

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

1

rightly or wrongly; by all possible means

1

to do so; to do thus

1

apology; excuse

5