jpdb beta

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

15

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

2

to dig out; to pick up

5

to get between; to be caught in

4

telling a riddle

3

boarder; boarding student

1

learning; study

2

cynical

4

cold wind

3

distress; wretched condition

1

challenger

2

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

1

school life

2

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

2

imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin

7

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

3

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

3

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

1

uniform

5

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

to be relieved; to feel relieved

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

6

gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out

2

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

6

racket; paddle (in table-tennis)

1

handsome man; actor in a love scene

1

though; much as

4

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

2

indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand

1

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

2

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

instigator

3

to solve a mystery

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

3

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

3

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

hostile relations; hostile relationship

2

delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

1

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

white line; linea alba (anot.)

2

away

2

lights-out time

4

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

consequence; result; conclusion

1