jpdb beta

region; limits; stage; level

34

to wander; to roam

1

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

1

kingdom; monarchy

1

above the clouds; the heavens

1

town; city; municipal; urban

4

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

6

Island; insula; island; islet

2

hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

15

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

4

to overlap

1

countries

1

travel; trip; journey

7

reading (books)

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

14

beginning; outset; first; onset

25

first edition (book)

3

revised edition

4

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

2

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

6

deterioration; changing for the worse

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

3

depiction; description; portrayal

3

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

8

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

3

easy; simple; plain

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

17

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

picture book

2

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

13

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

10

to have the nerve to

10

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

2

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

4

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

18

first edition

1

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

4

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

9

to walk

18

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

1

one day; (on) a certain day

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

3

for fun; half in jest

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

11

to throw away

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

3