jpdb beta

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

9

was

5

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

2

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

10

top floor

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

3

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

4

each place; various places

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

2

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

beforehand; in advance; previously

3

map

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

16

with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

3

finger; toe; digit

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

(your, his, her) daughter

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

11

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

5

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

6

silence (not speaking); muteness

9

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

2

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

5

to meet face-to-face

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

11

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

5

wherein; therein; thereinto

5

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

6

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

4

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

6

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

2

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

6

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

3

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

2