jpdb beta

work; job; labor; work

3

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

23

scene; spectacle; sight; view

7

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

2

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

5

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

19

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

3

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

4

originally; by nature; from the start

4

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

6

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

4

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

33

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

2

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

2

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

4

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

19

to bring someone along

5

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

7

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

5

looking pale; looking unwell

1

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

3

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

5

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

9

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

3

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

3

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

15

central part

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

22

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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.)

7

putting into operation; invocation

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

17

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

spacious; vast; wide

5

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

9

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

9

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

12

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

that; the matter in question

14

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

1

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

2

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

11

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

9

to shake one's head

1

to shut in; to confine; to contain

1