jpdb beta

hero

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

2

(flower) vase

3

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

second floor; upstairs

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

1

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

2

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

2

right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

1

blood

3

hemisphere

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

Japanese-style room

2

closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

2

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

4

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

(opening of a) wound; cut

2

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

1

heart rate; pulse rate

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

2

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

dead person

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

reproachfully

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

in the end; finally; after all; ultimately

1

noise; sound

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

1

older sister; elder sister

3

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

2

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

now; nowadays

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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