jpdb beta

long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)

3

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

2

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

7

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

soft roe; milt; albino

2

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

3

to cry and shout; to scream

1

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

5

with a start; with a jump

2

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

6

rare; seldom

1

by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

4

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

snake; serpent; large snake

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

7

to revere; to respect; to worship

2

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

4

foreign country

6

universal medicine; cure-all; panacea

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

3

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

individual; specimen

2

only once

2

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

6

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

curious; strange; unusual

1

big shot; higher-ups

8

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

4

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

wizardry; secret of immortality

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery

1

bite (in fishing)

1

show tent; circus tent; freak show

1

now; nowadays

1

theatre; theater; playhouse

8

evening; night; dinner

5

show; exhibition; spectacle

5

rich person

3

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

1

like; as if; the same as

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

5