jpdb beta

underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

4

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

3

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

1

however; but

1

this morning

2

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

surely; certainly

2

but; however; although

1

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

2

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

1

older sister; lass; young lady

1

half past (the hour)

1

coffin; casket

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman

1

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

1

collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield); putting cremated remains in an urn

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

2

separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

1

lunch; midday meal

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

1

two

2

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

1

question; query

2

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

2

ghost story; tale of the supernatural

1

similar

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

name; given name; first name

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm

1

mental disorder; mental disease

1