jpdb beta

resolved; settled

1

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms

1

to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

1

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

1

expression; phraseology

1

to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

2

drunken driving; driving while intoxicated; drinking and driving

1

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

1

closing time; lockup; curfew

1

delay; latency

2

certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.)

2

accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

2

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

level of achievement

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

1

entrance

2

new wife

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

1

heating; application of heat

1

living together (with one more person)

5

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

1

sounds

1

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment

2

water well

1

well bucket

1

pulley; block; tackle

1

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

1

to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

1

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

pessimistic view of life; pessimism

1

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

1

very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound

2

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

16

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

1

four-wheel drive

1

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

5

decoration

1

body (of car); frame

1

back-combed hair; puffed up hair; teased hair

8

leather; razor

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

1

recklessly driven car; runaway vehicle

1

seed rice

1