jpdb beta

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

3

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

1

oracle

3

blinking (in surprise)

1

start; beginning

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

2

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

2

to guess right

1

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

inn town; post town; post-station town

3

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

1

rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

1

finite; limited

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

2

wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)

1

wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

2

to throw into; to toss into

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

6

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

1

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

2

to be thirsty

1

uniaxial

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

picking; collecting; harvesting

1

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

1

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

1

reception room; parlor; parlour

3

study; library; den; home office; reading room

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

wrinkled; full of wrinkles

2

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

2

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

1

to crumble away; to collapse

3

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

4

to finish reading; to read through

1

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

1

to pick a fight; to find fault

1