jpdb beta

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

6

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

4

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

1

to indicate; to show; to point to

2

(made of) stone; stone-built

4

thank you; thanks

8

to thank

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

3

whispered conversation; whispering

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

sole of the foot

7

lawn; grass; turf

1

abrupt; sudden

4

to hang (something) on the wall

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

3

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

15

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

5

after; since

1

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

3

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

1

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

3

shriek; scream

5

silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)

4

there is nothing; having nothing

5

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

1

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

7

jail; gaol; jailhouse

16

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

8

prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

1

showing no sign (of)

1

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler

2

dim; gloomy

6

to keep walking

2

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1