jpdb beta

(all) together

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face

1

darkness; the dark

7

starlight

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

subversion (of the state)

1

allegory; fable; parable

2

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

3

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

risk factor

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

3

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

stress

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

3

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

politics; government

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

2

dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

in the end; at the end of the day

2

place of destination

3

new; fresh; novel

3

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

4

space; room; airspace

6

flashback

1

stature; height

1

altar

3

lithograph; lithography

2

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

8

random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

1

likability; favorability; popularity

5

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

3

to answer a question

1

match (to light fire with)

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

4

to take one's eyes off

1

ash; ashes

3

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

2

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

detail

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

elaborate; delicate; exquisite

1