jpdb beta

rather; sooner; preferably

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

3

to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill

1

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

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

notice; attention; observation

1

gulpingly; in one gulp

2

failure; mistake; blunder

5

to slip out

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

3

to lose hope

1

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

2

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

relation; connection

2

God's will; Heaven's will

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

to assist; to help out

3

objection

1

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

1

clarity of vision

2

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

3

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

succession; continuation; series; sequence

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

2

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

how many times?

1

teary eyes

3

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

4

impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

3

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

for today; for the time being

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

3

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

1

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

oil

3

scarce; few remaining

1

dead of night; midnight

3