jpdb beta

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

3

main street (as opposed to a side street); high street

2

street; quarter; district; area

1

alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

6

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

8

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

building

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

4

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

2

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

5

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

grimace; sullen face

1

doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

2

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1

behind one's back

1

to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

2

to get thin; to taper off

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

to wear out

1

old cloth; rag

1

food

3

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

3

slice; small piece

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

5

dark; blackish

1

to blacken; to darken

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

6

maggot; worm; scum

1

to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)

4

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

3

smell of something rotten; rotten smell

5

orbit; eye socket

2

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

2

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

1

both eyes; binocular

2

life; living; I; me; student

1

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

beginning; start; first moxa treatment

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

2

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

3

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1