jpdb beta

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

1

attic; garret; loft

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

unlucky

1

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

even if not; even without

1

serious illness

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

1

beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

1

beyond one's means or position

3

distinguished person

1

being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

to return; to come back

2

Brabant (Belgium, Netherlands)

1

(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets

1

high-quality goods; luxury item

1

luxury item; luxury goods

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

1

bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful

1

smoke; fumes

2

apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

to fall flat; to fall face down

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

3

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

1

a bolt out of the blue

1

private funeral; secret burial

1

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

1

battlefield; battleground

3

to run around; to bustle about

1

as; because; with; due to

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

mayor

4

to get in touch with

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

to persuade someone to accept the inevitable

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

gardener

8

fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic

1

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

1