jpdb beta

action; operation; effect; function

2

laudanum; opium tincture

1

unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

2

easy; simple; light

3

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

medicines; drugs

3

slave; servant; slavery

1

pity; compassion

1

to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

3

pupil (of the eye)

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

to crouch; to squat; to cower

2

cripple; disabled person; invalid

2

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

4

knitting; knitted material; crochet

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

1

linoleum

1

so; like this; in this way

5

late; slowly

2

hindrance; intrusion

4

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

to sob

3

Koth

6

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

2

who

3

unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)

1

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

1

on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

1

to explain the situation

3

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

2

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

3

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

3

girls' school

2

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

6

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

7

opium den

11

twitching

1

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

4