jpdb beta

secret talk

1

low voice; whisper

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

2

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

1

cool; refreshing

1

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

1

dwelling; house; residence; living; life

1

worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

1

action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

1

funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn

2

light blue; pale blue; aqua

2

to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

2

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

3

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

1

separation; farewell; parting

1

to die; (lit.) to become bones

1

yes; that is so

1

bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

3

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

2

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

2

autumn; fall

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

3

so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

2

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

1

with a thump; (hanging) straight down

2

to drop one's shoulders

2

next year

2

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

1

tuition; school expenses

1

same year in school

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

2

changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start

1

to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out

1

chintz; calico; printed cotton

2

Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

both (people); the two of them

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

2

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

2