jpdb beta

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

counter for horsemen

1

commander; general; leader

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

2

to have one's name entered (in a list)

1

long military service; having experienced many battles

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

4

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

5

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

6

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

in those days

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

2

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

that is to say; so that means

2

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

outward appearance

3

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

3

few in number

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

2

compared with

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

8

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

three minutes

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

1

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

1

chance meeting

1

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

3

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2