jpdb beta

to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

1

knee-high socks

1

bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs

1

snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling

1

way of talking; speaking style

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

3

deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo

3

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

superior; superiors; senior

1

seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good

1

open sea

3

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

androphobia

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

2

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

3

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

7

to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions

1

brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

1

shower room

3

such; this sort of; like this

2

scatology; scatophagy; scat

3

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

2

as a child; when one was a child

2

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

2

equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

1

distrust; unjust suspicion

2

head over heels; madly (in love)

1

antipathy; prejudice

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

to sniffle; to snivel

1

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

2

madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

67

novelist; fiction writer

2

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

3

independence

7

real; actual; true

1

portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

4

recitation; reciting from memory

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

8

about; concerning; as to; regarding

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

impudent; brazen; shameless; bold

1

reforming; reuniting; getting back together (of a band, etc.)

4

to face the situation

1

adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to

2

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

2