jpdb beta

to turn towards; to point

3

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

smile

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

5

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

6

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

8

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

3

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

1

parting; separation; farewell

2

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

5

established practice; custom

1

a certain ...; some ...

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

turning point

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

2

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

4

to force one's way; to push through

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

4

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

3

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

2

evening; dusk; twilight

4

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

3

dim; gloomy

1

forest; shrine grove

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

10

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

6

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

1

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

2

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

5

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

3

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

4

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

4

thicket; coppice; brushwood

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

5

cut; gash; incision

1

to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

3

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

to arrive home; to return

1