jpdb beta

postcard; memo; note; card

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

one side

2

to be photographed; to be projected

1

bloodsucking; sucking blood

1

Halloween

1

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

1

mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

1

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

2

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

2

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

predation; eating prey; preying upon

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

to glare at each other; to confront each other

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

still; even now; to this day

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

4

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

while in class

1

naturally; of course; understandably

1

brimming with curiosity

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

3

charm; amulet

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

5

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

concern; interest

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

2

first train (of the day)

1

orderly; janitor

1

school gate

4

shade of tree; bower

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

morning mist

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1