jpdb beta

sexennial; recurring every six years

2

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

15

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

4

to like; to prefer

4

appointment; employment

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

4

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

36

to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

7

the very best; utmost

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

15

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

2

one's post; place of work; workplace

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

4

from now on

3

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

7

fourth day of the month; four days

9

early morning

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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Grenfell

2

safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

2

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

2

Buckingham Palace

1

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

4

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

2

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

1

to move (house); to change residence

3

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

20

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

6

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

13

all night; throughout the night

1

roar of waves

1

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

6

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

outside a window

3

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

4

shore; bank (of a body of water)

1

wave; ups and downs

9

to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

3

certainly; surely

2

first half

8

check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque

2

almost; roughly; approximately

7

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

2

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

5

Harcourt

5

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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