jpdb beta

empty-handed

1

to practice magic; to practise magic

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

4

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

2

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

1

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

17

imprisonment; incarceration

1

suicide

2

close to the ear

4

to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to

1

arrival

5

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

2

small bottle

4

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

12

to fly around; to scatter

6

meal; dinner; diet

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

nose

1

one's property; personal effects; one's belongings

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

4

to grasp tightly

2

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

4

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

18

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

3

to find fault with; to question

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

once more; again

6

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

3

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

5

twice; again; second time

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

3

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

13

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

11

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

the very same person

2

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

3

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

4

end; conclusion

1

remains; corpse; body

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

4

solitude; loneliness; isolation

8

transparent; clear

6