jpdb beta

expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

1

pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening

1

steel; sword steel; sword

2

gums; gingiva

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

rainy

1

to cut at; to slash at

3

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

6

quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion

1

ring (shaped); circular

2

scorched earth

4

flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)

7

forest fire; wildfire; bushfire

1

glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal

5

to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

9

to extend; to expand; to spread out

3

ash; embers; complete destruction

1

to writhe (in pain)

1

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

violinist

1

relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through

3

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

1

ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

8

water vapour; water vapor; steam

1

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

1

venomous snake; poisonous snake

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

to hold (umbrella) over

1

to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution

1

notes; draft; manuscript

2

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

26

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff

1

gloomy

1

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

4

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

3

Aesop

6

Aesop (Greek writer)

16

fable; allegory

12

The Ant and the Grasshopper

5

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

middle of the night; dead of night

2

T-shirt; tee shirt

11

television program; TV program

2

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

2

living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room

2

renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring

4