jpdb beta

to perceive; to understand

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

2

cause

1

taming; gradual habituation; leading to

1

comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

2

religious conversion

2

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

12

modest; humble

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

be; is

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

1

definite answer

1

suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

1

that is; namely; i.e.

1

left-hand radical of a character

1

village

1

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

expression; confession

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

toward evening

1

women and children

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

2

rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay

1

circulation; dissemination

2

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

5

rather; better

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

argument

1

is not; am not; are not

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

1

notes; comment; remark; annotation

2

spooky tale; ghost story

5

historical materialism

8

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

3

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

2

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

3

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

2

laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

2

worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

2

plainly; clearly; vividly

4