jpdb beta

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

1

advice; warning

2

thanks; gratitude

6

to be needed; to be wanted

3

degree; extent

1

mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance

2

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

to cackle

1

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

1

person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

3

fact; truth; reality

5

to understand from experience

2

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

5

(distant) howling; backbiting

3

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

evening; night; dinner

8

fire; flame; blaze

13

locational advantage; advantageous position

1

wolf

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

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.)

2

corner; nook

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

6

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

2

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

1

in a row; in a line

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

7

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

3

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

picture book

1

simple; plain; modest

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

17

floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly

1

master swordsman

2

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2