jpdb beta

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

10

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

4

graphite; black lead

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

6

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

2

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

2

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; meaningless parlor debate; dialogue at cross purposes

1

does not

1

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

3

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

(another's) daughter; young lady

2

passing mark

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

2

silk

1

handkerchief

1

forehead; brow

1

to wipe; to dry

1

study; library; den; home office; reading room

2

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

2

book; publication

1

laboratory

2

electricity; (electric) light

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)

1

test tube

1

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

1

museum

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

1

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

rarely; seldom

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

2

to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

medicine; chemicals

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair

1

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed

1

leather; hide

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

1