jpdb beta

plate; dish

4

ball room; dance room

12

physical education; PE; gym (class)

7

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

3

to take one's eyes off

15

boarding; wooden floor

1

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

1

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

2

intention; aim; design

11

innocuous; inoffensive

1

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

5

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

3

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

6

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

6

lecture hall; lecture theatre; auditorium

1

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

ghost story

1

supernatural

1

to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)

1

courtier

2

to survive

4

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

3

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

12

assassin; to assassinate

12

advice; warning

4

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

6

well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake

1

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

4

radical; acute; sharp

1

to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

1

Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)

3

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

4

wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains

2

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

3

to pay attention (to)

7

to understand; to make out

1

use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

2

well done; good job

2

given (e.g. conditions); given thing; data; sense datum

3

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

1

manly; brave; heroic

2

boy; man; male

6

tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

2

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

2

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

8

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

6