jpdb beta

alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

1

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

3

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

8

to cast a shadow

1

break in the deadlock

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

2

main ingredient; main component

1

dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit

4

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

2

well then; right

1

astronomy

1

favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

2

solely; entirely; only; sharing; together

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

(flash of) lightning

2

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

2

bucket; pail

2

to slap; to strike; to spank

1

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

2

greedy

1

in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly

1

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

grimace; sullen face

3

natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God

7

pacifism

1

drop of water; polka dots

2

silence

3

to bear fruit

2

neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

2

progress

2

around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

2

stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine

22

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

1

shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking

6

material; substance; matter

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

(with) only a few left; (with) little left

2

miniature garden

1

appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand

1

something (or other)

3

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

5

empty lot; vacant plot of land

4

lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

1

destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force

2

trivial; not amounting to much

2