jpdb beta

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

nostalgia; homesickness

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

4

two o'clock

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth

2

time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

thirty; 30

2

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

2

to the end; to the last

1

to disappear; to vanish

2

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

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

searching for someone; search for a missing person

1

street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

2

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

adaptability; flexibility

1

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

1

all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

1

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

1

15; fifteen

1

efficiency

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

watering hole; watering place

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

guardrail

2

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

dry riverbed; river beach

2

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1