jpdb beta

with a start; with a jump

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

anger; wrath

2

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

pebble

3

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

1

grrr; growl

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

to push aside; to brush aside

1

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

sleeping; being sleepy

1

to look into; to peer in

4

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

4

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

explanation; vindication

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

room; apartment; flat

1

love story

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

1

informal; unofficial

2

knowledge; information

2

the Imperial Palace

1

small fraction; small proportion

1

gossip

1

imperial capital

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

three years

1

14; fourteen

2

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

accidental death

1

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

1

succession; continuation; series; sequence

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

the other day; some time ago; recently

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

2