jpdb beta

darkness

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

2

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

10

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

7

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

quartz; glass

10

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

10

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

4

evil design; crafty plan; plot

1

a short time ago; a while ago; for some time

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

9

worthless; pointless; useless

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

4

reference; allusion

2

advocacy; proposal

3

preface; introduction; preamble

1

the latter

6

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

5

to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

1

shivering; trembling

3

visual

1

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

4

indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution

6

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

3

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

1

to jump upon (a moving object)

3

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

tuning (musical)

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

2

to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average

1

piano tuner

3

months (period of)

13

to burn out

3

self-protection; self-preservation

1

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

5

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

menial; meanness; servility; abject

2

envy

1

to happen to meet; to come across

4

very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

1

peril; danger; hazard; distress

5

to arrive; to come to pass

3

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

2

to resist

1

large sword; long sword

5

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

8

in various ways

1

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

1

general view; outline

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

4