jpdb beta

one week

2

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

2

to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

2

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

37

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

4

stage directions

3

sketchbook

2

to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood

2

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

7

hill road

13

motif

2

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

9

dusk; twilight

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

to die

2

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

4

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

5

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

4

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes

7

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

3

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

5

outline; summary; argument

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

3

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

2

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

script; screenplay; scenario

1

is that so?

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)

1

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

1

individual differences; personal equation

1

movie director; film director

2

Japanese film; Japanese painting

1

record high; all-time high

1

evidence; proof; witness

1

manufacture; production

1

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

to discharge (e.g. effluent)

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

5

shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head

2

mixture; impurities

1

to encourage; to cheer

3

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

1

the time before last

1

being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

1