jpdb beta

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

heir; inheritor; successor

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

room

1

tomorrow; near future

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

to look away; to turn away

1

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

1

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

meeting; greeting; welcome

1

young master; son of a high-ranking person

4

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

very careful; thoroughly prepared

2

wheelchair

5

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

lower floor

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

to be able to do; to be capable of doing

1

covert action; covert operations

1

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

3

front; frontage; facade; main

2

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

meaning; called; said

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood

1

classmate

2

how many times?

1

direct

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

1

to go too far

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

3

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

1

from what (I've) seen; given that ...

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

2

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

3

thorough; exhaustive; complete

2

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

one part; one portion; one section

1

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

3