jpdb beta

vexing; irritating; impatient

2

to be deep in talk

3

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

8

obscure; vague; ambiguous

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

5

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

to behave well (of a child)

5

in large drops

2

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

2

horizon

1

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

3

decision; judgment; resolution

1

how many hours?

2

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

twilight; dusk; faint light

1

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

1

to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of

2

thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded

2

bark (of a tree, etc.)

1

the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible

1

all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny

2

short and stout; small but wide around

1

big frame; large figure; huge body

3

even more than

1

measurement round the hips

1

thick; meaty; fleshy

1

wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

1

beat to death

3

physical ability

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

in the face of; in defiance of

5

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

4

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

1

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

1

to reread; to read again

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

3

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

2

internal organs; viscera; intestines

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

4

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

6

to take root

1

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

1

precipice; cliff; flat head

4

upper; upward; outer; surface; top

1

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

2

raging stream; rapids

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

2

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

2

bruise; contusion

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1