jpdb beta

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

3

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

4

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

3

roadside; wayside

1

to look old; to get old

1

orphanage

2

time; years

1

building

2

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

1

to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

1

boy; son; man

1

baby girl; primary schoolgirl

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

to shut up; to imprison

1

orphan; person without friends

11

number; series of digits

2

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

1

environment; circumstance

3

one day; (on) a certain day

3

age 10

2

director

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

unjust; inhuman

1

announcement; notice

2

cost of one's food; one's board

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

4

senior; older

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

2

street; quarter; district; area

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

6

at first; initially; in the beginning

2

day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

to remain; to be left

6

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

5

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

7

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

42

bakery; baker; pastry shop

1

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

3

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

2

road; highway

1