jpdb beta

tabula rasa

1

unique; peculiar; special

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

3

clarity of vision

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

explanation (for purpose of convincing a judge)

1

degree; extent

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

a bolt out of the blue

1

to lose one's presence of mind; be flummoxed; to get flustered

2

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

1

flush; blush

1

instant; moment; for an instant

3

resemblance; similarity; analogy

1

doesn't even exist

2

place; room; margin; scope

2

thud

1

to pack (in box); to drive to wall

1

big river

4

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

2

for private or home use

1

seventy; 70

2

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

1

chief; main; principal; major

1

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

2

dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

2

different thing; another question; different case

1

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

2

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

2

Wels (Austria)

3

James

1

Cleveland

1

major; lieutenant commander; wing commander

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

Nagai Kafuu (1879-1959)

1

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

1

absorption in reading

1

natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

1

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

2

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

1

Honjo Koume

1