jpdb beta

pathos; sorrow; grief

1

(one's) life

2

clear; serene

2

sorrow; grief; sadness

5

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

4

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

3

sadness; sorrow; grief

6

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

2

funeral service

10

condolence call

1

attendance; participation; presence

2

should do; ought to do

2

state of emergency

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

2

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

5

thread; yarn; string

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

3

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

3

old castle; old fortress

2

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

aggressor; invader

1

military shoes; combat boots

1

lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to love greatly; to love beyond all else

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

8

to age; to grow old

3

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy

1

countless; innumerable

2

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person

1

eccentric; crank; oddball

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

unforgettable; memorable

2

seventy; 70

2

(period of) a year; during an era

1

every day

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

for the first time in one's life

2

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

clean; pure; chaste

2

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1