jpdb beta

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

3

to make a sound

7

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

3

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

2

step by step; by degrees

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

pursuer

2

lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

1

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

4

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

1

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

5

to sit up

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

1

shadow; tail; following

6

Thursday

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

3

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

to divert; to distract

1

passing shower; streaks of pouring rain

1

thrift; economy; frugality

1

without cause; without reason

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

1

advertising poster hanging over the centre aisle of a train, bus, etc.

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

4

outside of; not covered by

1

angle

4

Paris (France)

2

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

4

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

1

sharp sighted; easily awakened

1

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

2

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

4

to pull one's hair back into a bun

1

female teacher

1

drink

2

orange juice

1

retaliation; revenge

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

whole house; whole audience

1

cocktail

1