jpdb beta

to catch one's attention

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

4

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to

3

to look upward

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

handle; grip; knob

2

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

4

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

8

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

3

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

2

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

1

attic; garret; loft

2

-ish; -like

4

smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

furniture

4

only; sole; unique

4

to wear out (something)

1

rocking chair

1

to be the case that

3

date; dating

2

newspaper story (article, account)

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

journal; log

45

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

2

page; nth page; page ...

3

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

4

title

1

coinage; invention of a new word; coined word

1

season; time of year

3

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

4

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

4

motif

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

1

granddaughter

5

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

description; account

1

to draw in; to attract

1

shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

1

to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

2

10th day of the month; ten days

2

this year

1