jpdb beta

returning home

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

2

briskly; quickly; promptly

1

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

3

going out

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

4

15; fifteen

3

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

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

7

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

5

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

2

same family (race, tribe)

1

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

1

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

to dilute; to water down

1

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

1

national university

1

prince; duke

3

contract; compact; agreement

2

direct control; direct supervision

1

duty; function; office; mission; task

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

4

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

8

(present) head of a family

6

grandson

3

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

favorite; favourite; habitually used

4

(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

to emit smoke

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

3

grandparents

2

start of a romance; beginning of love

1

(theatrical) fighting scene

3

to take up employment

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

2

property; fortune; assets

1

grandmother

5

old friend; old acquaintance

3

person

10

some people; a few people; several people

2

fact; truth; reality

10

Randolph; Randolf

2