jpdb beta

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

gold and silver; money

1

agate

2

New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

3

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

6

red hair

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

land near a castle; castle town

1

drooping eyes

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

2

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

2

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

small man

8

military officer; naval officer

1

subordinate person

1

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

annoying; provoking

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

10

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

lips

2

to take over; to hand over

1

as always; as usual

1

slaver; slave trader

1

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

2

faint; swoon

1

stark naked; nude

2

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

(your) daughter; young woman

2

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

3

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

2

suicide

1

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

to do

2

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

3

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

lady; gentleman; person

1

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1