jpdb beta

weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

1

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

1

to look old; to get old

3

wooden; made of wood

1

table

4

candle

2

fire; flame; blaze

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

indoor; inside the room

1

crystal ball

1

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

2

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

2

to shed light; to cast light

1

genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out

3

birthday

2

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

2

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

antique

3

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

2

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

1

barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band

1

research; study; investigation

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

2

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

first meeting; first interview with

2

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

forelock; bangs

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

24

elaborate; delicate; exquisite

1

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

1

daring attack tactic

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

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

3

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

2

being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other

1

noise; din

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

2

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

humming; crooning

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

2