jpdb beta

to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back

2

hamster

1

pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

3

hear! hear!; hooray

1

fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road

1

unceasing; never-ending; endless

1

(another's) daughter; young lady

10

Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

2

ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

1

dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife

1

zone; area; belt; region

6

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

6

sadness; sorrow; grief

4

grandmother

1

day after day; day by day

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

14

human body

1

training; drilling; strengthening; use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy

2

innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

philosopher's stone

1

idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

2

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

3

to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow

3

at that time; in those days

3

third-year student; third-year pupil

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

7

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

2

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

5

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

2

to act; to take action

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

1

meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

2

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

2

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

10

visual hallucination; vision

2

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

3

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

3

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

3

one's old bones; old man

3

to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

1

music

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

8

intellectual

1