jpdb beta

dust; one ten-billionth

2

oh; ah

2

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

1

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

2

to shed light; to cast light

1

what to do

2

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

compared with

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

2

worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff

1

prevention; check

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

materials; data; document

2

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

4

to do as one likes

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

2

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

gravestone; tombstone

7

to stand stock still

4

gravesite; tomb

13

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

smile

3

to name

1

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

ghost story

1

to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

1

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

1

to increase; to grow

4

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

1

mountain stream; mountain torrent

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

5

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

1

creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

2

suspension bridge; rope bridge

1

swift current; rapids

1

sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

4

hill; knoll

1

summit (of a mountain)

1

plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall

4

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1