jpdb beta

hope; wish; aspiration

5

ultimate; final; last; eventual

1

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

2

dead horse

1

lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

2

car; vehicle

2

field mouse; meadow mouse

2

bark (of tree)

1

roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

plaster; wall clay; wall mud

2

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

1

each other; one another

4

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

2

to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

3

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

6

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

3

to set (sun); to become dark

2

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

3

bam; whomp; thump

1

marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)

2

bottom; sole

5

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

18

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

2

fish oil

1

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

oil

2

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

5

barren trees in winter

1

to crowd; to flock; to swarm

1

shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

2

tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

food; foodstuff

3

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

to take; to catch; to capture

2

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

3

to gather; to collect; to assemble

7

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

2

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

3

darkness; the dark

2

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

officers and men

4

instinctive; instinctual

1