jpdb beta

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

10

black hair

1

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

4

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

2

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

4

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

8

bullet (from a rifle)

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

each; respectively

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

5

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

4

look!; there!; here!; that is

2

luckily

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

25

male (animal, plant)

2

female (animal, plant)

1

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

2

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

2

collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

7

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

7

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

5

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

2

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

18

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

5

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

6

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

4

ah; oh; hey!

2

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

4

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

2

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

2

physical strength; the strength of one's muscles

6