jpdb beta

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

2

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

11

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

2

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

5

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

1

tape

1

to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

4

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

6

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

10

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

7

actual age; true age

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

8

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

4

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

2

temple (side of head)

3

blood vessel; vein

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

24

how; in what way; how about; questionable

3

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

sadistic

1

article; news story; report; account

3

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

8

discipline; punishment; reprimand

16

to look around; to survey

7

one person; another name; nickname; alias

1

courtesy call; courtesy visit

1

to get dressed up; to treat oneself

1

summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square

7

several days later

1

distribution

3

bulletin; (party) organ

1

to save; to leave over; to spare

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

1

ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier

1

public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

2

school nurse; nurse-teacher; health teacher

2

name; given name; first name

20

black tea

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

1

once more; again

3

swivel chair

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

6