jpdb beta

being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)

4

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

3

besides; moreover; furthermore; further; in addition (to that)

4

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

optimistic

1

indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

1

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off

2

misanthropy

1

bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment

1

win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins

12

convalescence

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

violent emotion; passion; fury

1

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

5

fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant

2

cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest

2

elegant; exquisite

1

to put together; to assemble

3

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

1

human intellect; knowledge

2

leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise

1

cooked rice; food; meal

1

masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous

1

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

6

plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)

2

range of vision; field of vision

2

camera obscura; black box

2

earlobe

4

microphone

1

(photographic) print

1

indoor; inside the room

13

mystery; strange event; mysterious affair

1

East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

2

darkness

24

satin

1

velvet

1

dark night

2

pitch black; deep black

13

upper left

1

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

1

irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly

2

(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

1

phosphorescence

4

corner; nook

6

under the staircase; understairs

1

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

1

voyeur; Peeping Tom

1