jpdb beta

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

3

reduction by half; halving

1

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

12

long military service; having experienced many battles

3

loneliness; desolateness

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

15

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

13

near; close; beside; third person

16

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

4

Ernst

2

slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction

2

to rust; to become rusty

1

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

2

to comb down; to smooth down

1

back of head

1

one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

5

extreme; extremity

5

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

4

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

2

exaggeration; hyperbole

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

orderly; underling

3

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

2

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

21

speed of sound

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

2

cube sugar; sugar cube

1

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

6

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

3

half

5

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

2

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

1

meal; dinner; diet

3

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

5

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

4

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

17

officer

15

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

2

sea; ocean; waters

4

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

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

7

presence; sitting with; being with

2

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

7