jpdb beta

noble; aristocrat; peer

4

slave; servant; slavery

5

cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

1

grounds (of tea and coffee)

1

(small crunchy) dried sardines

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

2

tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

modesty; humility; being humble

1

lunch; midday meal

4

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

3

lined curtain; opaque curtain

1

disinfectant

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

10

fixtures; furnishings; equipment

4

cheap

1

unnecessary; needless

1

poor health; ill health; unhealthy

1

production (e.g. play); direction

1

feigned illness

2

skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination

1

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

2

to fall ill; to be taken ill

2

unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

7

psychosomatic illness

2

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to examine (medically)

5

insect bite; bug bite; sting

1

Dracula

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

height (of body); stature

1

to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on

1

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

platinum blonde

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

European style; Occidental

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

to dye; to colour; to color

1

pitch black

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

3

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

3

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

2