jpdb beta

gilding; gold plating

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

keepsake; memorabilia; memento

2

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

1

waste; extravagance

1

truth; real situation

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

corner; nook; recess

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

twice

1

detour; circumvention; turning movement

1

title; caption; heading

1

picture book

3

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

4

to leave undone

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

4

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

to move forward; to move on

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

1

reward; prize

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

4

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

3

contagion; infection

6

stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

2

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

villager

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

3

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

3

exception

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

8

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

2

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

3

investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)

1

mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

1

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

to bark; to bay; to howl

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

unexpectedly; by chance; by accident

1