jpdb beta

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

4

being argued into silence; being left speechless

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

2

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

1

good feeling; feeling good

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

3

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

playing house

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

3

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

5

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

4

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

4

zoo; zoological gardens

2

protection; repellent

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1

administration of justice

1

decision; determination

3

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

2

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

4

criminal; culprit; offender; rogue

2

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

1

shall; should; must

2

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

2

lawyer; attorney

3

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

5

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

2

cooperation; collaboration

2

human rights violation; trampling on human rights

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

3

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

4

death by hanging; execution by hanging

2

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

3

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

2

pride

1

morning; a.m.

1

two o'clock

4

two minutes

1

this century

3

criminal; culprit

1