jpdb beta

effusiveness; gushing; shrillness

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

1

my condolences

1

suspicious; doubtful

1

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

for some years

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

2

human intellect; knowledge

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)

1

reflexively; reflectively; by reflex

1

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

2

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

1

to shed tears

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

1

superiority complex; sense of superiority

2

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

3

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

2

wall; fence

4

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words

1

handkerchief

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

1

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

high class; high grade

1

indignation; resentment

1

poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets

1

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

29

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

2

musical instrument

13

major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

2

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

37

to cast down one's eyes

1

stark naked

1

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

1

simple calculation

1

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

1

musical performance

16