jpdb beta

almost every day; almost daily

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

1

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

1

so; like this; in this way

3

economical; efficient; lean; compact

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

5

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

2

this much; this amount

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

5

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

3

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

2

nephew

2

to blush; to redden

1

ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

1

balance; equilibrium

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

1

zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh

3

purification; exorcism

1

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)

2

timid; faint of heart

4

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

5

comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly

1

talent; ability

4

to clap

1

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

2

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

3

gossip

2

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

4

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

2

so far as

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

13

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

dead of night; midnight

2

empty space; empty sky

1

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

5

cavern; grotto

2

abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

beast; brute; animal

1

long; drawn-out; very long

1

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1