jpdb beta

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

1

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

pupil (of eye); eye

1

to ponder; to brood

4

confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match

2

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

how; in what way; I wonder

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

on the sea; surface of the sea

3

twins

3

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

2

poet

2

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

3

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

talented man; clever man

1

already; too late

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

9

that's the way it is; such is life

5

convenient

1

making practical; making useful; implementing

2

this world; this life; world of the living

3

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

darkness

1

myth; legend

1

value; worth; merit

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

4

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

4

anyhow; in any case

2

assassin's dagger

1

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

3

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

5

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

4

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

dream; vision; reverie

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

14

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

deep impression

1

to fly in the sky

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

7

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

(one's) self; oneself

9

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

4

anti-war

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

4