jpdb beta

novel; story; (work of) fiction

1

test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

2

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

3

to leave unfinished; to abandon

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

several day period

2

to meet face-to-face

1

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

few days

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

1

eating out; dining out

1

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

2

son; penis

1

joining the dark side; joining the forces of evil

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

2

to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

1

trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd

1

rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

1

putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

1

with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

4

sound of an explosion

1

scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

1

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

1

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1

to jump up; to spring up

1

speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

11

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

8

(a) few; some; several

1

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

to come to a settlement

1