jpdb beta

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

2

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

1

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

what; what?; hey!

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

reply; response

1

handrail; railing; banister

7

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

2

big problem; major issue; big controversy

1

Michigan

1

foolish look; stupid look

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

a little bit; a little while

1

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

Doyle

1

Takagi Akimitsu (1920.9.25-)

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

2

smiling face

1

opposite side; other side; other party

1

to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love

1

to fold in; to tuck in; to insert (e.g. a flyer in a newspaper); (fig.) to factor in (news, risk, outcome, etc.)

2

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition

2

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

store; shop

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

purchaser

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

1

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe

4

direct connection; direct link

1

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

1

matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

1

approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot

1

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

1

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

cause; origin; source

1

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

2

fluently; without hesitation; without faltering

1

And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie)

4

Orient Express (European long-distance passenger train service, 1883-2009)

1

Ackroyd

2

murder; killing; murderer

1