jpdb beta

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

5

maternal love

1

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

rising; ascending; climbing

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

to catch a cold

1

continuation; succession; series

3

normal temperature

1

second half; latter half

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

4

faint; swoon

3

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

2

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

ability; faculty

4

comparison

2

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

6

knowledge; information

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

3

otherwise; or else; if not

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

3

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

2

gold thread

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

2

brake

1

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

shade; shadow

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely

1

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

2

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

2

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

2