jpdb beta

with a clink (click, clack)

1

lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill

1

inside; interior; inner part

1

what do you want?; can I help you?

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

3

bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

4

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

society; public; community; social studies

4

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

1

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

1

all day; for a whole day

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

1

several hundreds

1

was

1

cruelty; hard-heartedness

2

lightning

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

1

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

1

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

2

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

2

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

4

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

2

to open one's eyes wide

2

stare; gaze; fixation

2

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

2

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

1

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

8

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

beginner

3

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

8

to get in touch with

1

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

2

crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

1

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

3

coarse; rough

1

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

cellar; basement

3

iron door

3

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

2

crystal ball

5

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

image; picture; portrait

3