jpdb beta

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

3

middle of the night; dead of night

1

going back to sleep; sleeping in

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

2

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to look around; to tour

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

book; volume

2

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

statue; picture; picture revealing character

1

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations

2

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

to catch one's attention

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

one day; (on) a certain day

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

2

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

1

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

3

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

indeed; really; truly; very much

13

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

1

situation

1

one's home; one's house

1

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

to become locked; to lock

3

forcibly; by force; against one's will

1

to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

(brute) force; using all one's might

1

keyhole

2

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

1

(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

4

physical strength; muscle strength

2

(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

2

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

1

pitch black; deep black

1