jpdb beta

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

2

solitude; loneliness; isolation

2

avenger; revenger

2

older sister; elder sister

6

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

2

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

4

decision; determination; resolution

4

exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

2

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

2

contradiction; inconsistency

2

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

1

the person himself

1

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

10

a long time ago; in those days

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

(pet) owner; keeper

6

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

fruit of a tree; nut; berry

2

to pick at; to peck at

1

small bird; little bird

3

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

with hushed footsteps

1

to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

2

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)

1

protuberant; paunchy; idly

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

1

to devour; to bite to death

1

monster cat; cat with magical powers

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

devastating; catastrophic; crushing

1

ghost story; tale of the supernatural

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

substitute for ...

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

partner; pal; accomplice

1

wicked; evil; wrong; bad

2

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

6

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

2

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

2