jpdb beta

deciphering; decoding

5

south

1

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

3

priest; minister; pastor

4

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

17

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

3

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

7

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

3

publication

5

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

2

indeed; really; truly; very much

3

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

16

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

7

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

why; how

8

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

23

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

12

light; lamp; torch

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

2

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

kingdom; monarchy

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

1

discovery; detection; finding

4

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

don't you think?; indicates question

5

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

18

heavy rain

1

southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina

1

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

5

planet; dark horse

2

arrangement; disposition; array (programming)

2

metaphor

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

5

researcher

1

long time; many years

4

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

5

full stop; period; end

1

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

1

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

1

symbol; code; sign; notation

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

to count; to enumerate

3

counter for nights

2

that is; namely; i.e.

1