jpdb beta

to fight against; to oppose; to face

2

brave; heroic; gallant

1

to hide; to keep to oneself

2

scholarship; scientific attainments

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

1

academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome

1

from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly

1

without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently

1

a hard time; pains

1

studying for a test

1

leather

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

1

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

1

dust; one ten-billionth

2

to be sooty; to be stained

1

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

history

1

boat

2

general; popular; common; typical

2

steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

description; account

1

in great numbers

1

researcher

1

(written) work; book; writings

2

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

point in common; common feature

2

synchronicity

1

literary history; history of literature

1

Villiers de L'Isle Adam

1

eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

goodness; good

1

partner

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

Greek mythology

1

Pygmalion

1

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

1

skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)

1

self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

2

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

1

self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

2

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

2

eatery; restaurant

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1