jpdb beta

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

3

darkness

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

unlocking

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

3

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

4

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

1

late at night

1

to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

safety; security

1

dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

1

You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

1

pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

5

auction

1

indigo blue

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos

1

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

2

sharp; keen; acute

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

chestnut in its burr

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

5

option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option

2

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

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

without cause; without reason

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

3

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

rat (esp. laboratory or pet)

9

like; as if; the same as

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

7

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

4

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

1

food chain

3

to correct oneself; to restate

1

meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

1

relatively; comparatively

1

hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

1

speed

4

to rush back; to run back

2

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

11

temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper

1

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

1