jpdb beta

oozing; damp; sodden

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

age 10

1

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

1

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

2

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

2

parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

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

2

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to contract a disease

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

hat; cap

1

merry voices (e.g. of children playing)

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

right beside; close to; nearby

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

2

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

impatience

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

bank; coast; shore

5

panic

1

splash (of water); spray

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

8

to cry and shout; to scream

1

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

2

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

4

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

long time; many years

1

both shoulders

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

4

to collapse into; to flop onto

1

relief; aid; rescue

4

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1