jpdb beta

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

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

followers; hangers-on

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

1

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

3

to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

1

master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

45

it hasn't been long since

1

seniority; long service

1

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

3

mass

1

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

2

to pretend; to feign

2

to tame; to win over

1

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

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

2

leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender one's body

1

secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy

1

to concern; to be related

2

intelligence gathering; information gathering

1

leisure time; idle moment

1

timewasting; killing time

1

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

time; hour; period; class

17

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

2

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

11

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

this area; around here

3

older; senior

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

all on one's own

1

kitten; small cat

1

to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

1

to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

nihility; nothingness

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

dim; gloomy

1