jpdb beta

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

2

to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

2

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

3

to pause; to have a short intermission

3

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

2

self-admonition

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

laugh; laughter

3

fate; chance

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

3

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

3

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

1

whether or not

1

edge of blade

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

3

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

1

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

1

turning sideways; landscape orientation

2

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

5

eyepatch; eye bandage

4

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

3

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

7

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

2

that; the matter in question

3

to bear; to endure

1

to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

1

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

2

acquaintance

1

to take time

1

staying up all night; all-night vigil

1

had better do so

1

you (plural)

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

3

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

3

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)

2

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

2

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

1