jpdb beta

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

5

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

1

superstition; superstitious belief

1

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

3

useful; helpful

3

Bram Stoker

1

Sheridan Le Fanu

1

to write a novel

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

1

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

2

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

2

to scoop up; to dip up

1

dried meat; jerky

3

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

1

cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

2

member

2

wild-animal tamer

1

to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver

1

hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

1

as much as one can take or carry away

1

practice; practising; training; study

1

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

2

emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

1

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

1

Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron

1

low; low gear

1

cholera

1

fear; terror

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

1

(state of) utter panic; great panic

1

accident

1

superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)

1

twenty-five

1

morning; a.m.

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

mercy

1

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

1

on the line; borderline

1