jpdb beta

old newspapers

1

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

6

exception

1

day after day; every day

1

one year ago

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)

1

personality; style; appearance

1

decision; determination

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict

2

conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion

1

resolute; determined; bold

2

puppet; marionette

1

to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

1

release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery

1

cautious theory; conservative theory

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

outside the country; abroad

1

gnashingly (e.g. gritting one's teeth); with a grinding sound; with a creak

1

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

1

close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer

3

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

to recall; to remember

1

why

1

such; like that; in that way

1

top secret mission

1

winner; victor

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

hey; listen; look here; I say

1

lenient; gentle

2

womanly; ladylike; feminine

1

graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

1

to pep up; to cheer up

1

completely changed; totally transformed

1

every night comes to an end; every night sees a dawn; this too shall pass; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

1

going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)

6

Japanese-style room

1

brazier; hibachi

3

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

mending; repair; darning; patching up

2

mother

3

to brush gently; to stroke; to caress

3

figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

1

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

2

attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

1

tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

3

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

1