jpdb beta

something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

2

dim; gloomy

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

3

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

10

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

2

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

smelling of earth; rustic

1

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

1

the very picture of ...

1

early in the morning

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

5

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

1

by itself; automatically; naturally

1

affectation; showiness; pretence

1

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

1

crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care

3

bench

2

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

2

even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

4

miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

2

boy; juvenile; child

16

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

3

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

house; building; roof

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz

2

wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

2

noise; sound

2

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

1

back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

1

drainspout; rain gutter

1

to trickle down

1

bare tree (usu. of deciduous trees in winter); leafless tree; naked tree; Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)

1

poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)

2

to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly

1

empty; vacant; hollow

1

storage shed

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

4

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

1

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

3

to burst open; to pop; to split

2