jpdb beta

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

4

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

11

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

1

ouch!

1

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

2

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

3

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

5

hey!; hey!

2

employer

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

2

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather

3

to do (for someone)

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

3

profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

1

friend; companion

3

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

2

social disposition

1

acquaintance

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

3

number one

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

1

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

to be torn off; to come off

2

great physical power; animal strength

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

3

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

11

to shake off

6

to escape

8

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

8

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

2

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

chatting; idle talk

1

injury; wound

14

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

4

to this extent; to this degree; this much

2

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

close; intimate; on good terms

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

national traits or character; nationality

1