jpdb beta

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

to be mistaken for; to be confused with

1

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

to draw a sword

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

one second

1

to get a late start

1

nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

2

shout; yell; scream

1

darts

1

arrow feathers

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

2

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

1

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

3

sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

3

deceiving; cheating; fooling

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

waste of time; killing time

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

3

to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

1

live wire (a person)

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

3

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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

1

Vin

1

breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

3

suspicious person

1

softly; gently; lightly

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

to drool; to dribble; to slobber

1

complexion; colour; color; blood red

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

3

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

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