jpdb beta

dim; gloomy

3

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

1

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

1

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

22

trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about

1

to run through; to run past

4

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

4

to escape; to run away

10

genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

1

division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

1

light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

architectural style

1

the first ...; primary

2

great war; great battle; world war

7

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

8

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter

1

to lose one's way; to get lost

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

4

arrangement of stones in a garden

2

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

5

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

fieldstone

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

4

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

3

way of piling (things); stacking pattern; stowage; piling worker

1

sticks used for calculations; divining rods

3

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

4

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

theory

3

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

3

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

rectangle; oblong

1

alternately; by turns; one after the other

1

strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

4

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

4

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

stone-built

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind

1