jpdb beta

tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive

1

hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence

1

technical book; specialized book; treatise

1

books

1

lending; loaning

1

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

1

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

2

mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

7

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

2

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

4

mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby

3

to sniff; to smell

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

liar; fibber; lying

1

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

3

walking heavily; lumbering

1

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

5

tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)

1

first day; opening day

1

the very best; excellent; superb

1

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

4

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

6

preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

collecting; assembling

2

fortune; luck; chance

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

optimistic; hopeful

1

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

3

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

1

miscellaneous knowledge

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

2

in the future; another day; later

1

sloping shoulders

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

day by day

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

4

instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

1

dictionary; lexicon

1

heroic legend; legend of heroes

1

curio; rare article

1

complete works; complete collection; complete series

1

magic item

2

complete collection; large collection; complete works

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over

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