jpdb beta

older; senior

3

age; years

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

to count; to enumerate

2

reliance; dependence

1

reliability; trustworthiness; dependability

1

to survive; to live long

1

to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

1

feudal lord

1

stagnation; hindrance; delay

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

1

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

4

formation; combination

1

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

3

continuation; succession; series; continuous

1

ignorant of the ways of the world

1

crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

1

(dead) body; corpse

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

hatred

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

4

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

secret; secrecy

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

3

foolish; stupid

2

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

2

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

6

poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish

1

foundation stone; cornerstone

3

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

4

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

3

dazzling; radiant

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

3

pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

1

but; however; although; though

2

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

8

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

3