jpdb beta

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

2

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

3

to give a broad grin; to smirk

1

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

1

mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

1

to examine someone's expression

4

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

5

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

2

gazebo

7

greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

1

wooden; made of wood

1

to surround; to crowd around

1

handrail; railing; banister

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

3

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

2

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

homesickness

1

concert; recital

3

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

6

violin

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

2

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

1

comparison

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

6

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

6

in public; in company

1

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

4

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

leather shoes; leather boots

1

to polish up; to shine up

2

breakfast

1

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

2

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

3

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1