jpdb beta

amber; yellowish-brown

1

illumination; lighting

2

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

furnishings; implements; equipment

1

full; in plenty; ample

1

density

1

comfortable; pleasant

3

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

2

couple

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

grandchild

1

outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward

1

personality; style; appearance

2

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

1

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb

2

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

payment

1

paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense

1

declaration; statement

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

2

extensive knowledge; erudition

1

(a) look; gaze

1

precisely because

3

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

4

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

after a long time; for the first time in a while

4

pressure; duress; stress

1

appreciation; thanks; gratitude

1

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

to blow off

2

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

espresso (coffee); expresso

2

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

2

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

2

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

3

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

3

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

2