jpdb beta

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

to pout

2

liar; fibber

3

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

5

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

to put one's strength into

2

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

2

pier; wharf; quay; dock

3

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

passenger boat

1

mooring; anchorage

1

precipice; cliff; flat head

1

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

hull

1

waves; billows; surge

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

3

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

2

fog; mist; spray

3

bow (of boat); prow; stem

1

harbour; harbor; port

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

4

purple; violet

2

sound of water

1

to smoke a cigarette

1

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

4

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

12

monster

2

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1

merely for form's sake

1

animal hair

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

2

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

2

to do

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to suspect; to sense

1

headless

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

old woman

2

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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