jpdb beta

hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist

4

great disaster; calamity

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

2

this and that; one thing or another

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

4

hasty; impatient; restless; rash

2

storefront; shopfront

1

to swagger

2

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

number two; mistress; concubine

1

country bred

1

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

2

walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

1

give-and-take

1

being sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold

1

west coast; west bank

1

speak of the devil

1

to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

1

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

1

they; those guys

3

head-on collision

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

root of a tooth; fang

3

deployment; spreading out; dispersal

3

to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

2

kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair

1

chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub

2

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

1

thick (esp. paper, cloth)

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

2

mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base

3

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

agricultural community; farm village; rural

2

beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

5

childishness; naivete

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

to twist

1

kitten; small cat

4

post-natal; since birth

2

sunny spot; exposure to the sun

1

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

5

to hold up in one's arms

1

rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

2

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

5

active; positive; progressive

1

passive; negative; conservative; depolarization

1