jpdb beta

we; us; I; me

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

9

reading partway; leaving half-read

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

11

spiritism session; seance

16

know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack

1

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

1

spiritism; spiritualism

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

4

spiritual ability

3

strength; power; proficiency; ability

4

being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank

1

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

2

friend

4

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

the former; the first

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

1

most; extremely

2

psychic power

3

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

2

fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle

5

necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman

1

religious; spiritual

2

professional

1

First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

3

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

5

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

1

professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

8

summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism

6

manifestation

2

lumber; timber; wood

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

6

(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

1

among (them); of (them)

6

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

to recall; to remember; to recollect

18

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

7

so; therefore; and; (and) then

2

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

preparation of tools

1

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

6

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

3