jpdb beta

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

1

space; room; airspace

3

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

2

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

means; way; measure

1

interference; intervention; meddling

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

4

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

13

but; however; provided that

2

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

exception

1

then; well; so; be; is

28

to be uncommon

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

despair; hopelessness

3

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

2

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

1

only; sole; unique

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

indicates question

8

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

3

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

2

I; me

17

favorite sword; cherished sword

1

to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

1

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

self-introduction

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

2

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

outward appearance

1

age; years

1

seventy; 70

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

to comb down; to smooth down

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

eighty; 80

1

finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows

1

hawk; falcon

2

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

3

presence (impressive quality)

3

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

2