jpdb beta

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to soak into; to permeate

1

brain; brains; mind

2

speculation; thinking; meditation

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

1

pure white

2

eternal; unlimited; endless

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

2

to err

2

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

unique; peculiar; singular

1

existing

1

arbitrary

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

2

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

to gaze long at

1

elbow

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

bright green; chartreuse green

1

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

Nair

1

to cling to; to embrace

2

broken; intermittent; disconnected

1

soundless; mute

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

to grimace; to make a wry face

2

to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

1

mixed; mingled

1

straight line; beeline

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

2

to be something familiar

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

communicating in writing

3

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

1

damage

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1