jpdb beta

small box; casket

14

notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

1

slight; light; thin; faint; dim

1

type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

1

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

1

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

results of rebellion

1

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

2

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

1

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

while at a distance; indirectly; casually

1

seeing; looking at

1

to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

1

to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up

1

indigo-dyed leather

1

old friend; old pal

1

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

paper package

1

shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

1

half killed

1

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

2

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

1

good evening

1

latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

2

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

2

cupboard on the floor

2

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

flattery; compliment

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

1

division into equal parts; equal parts

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit

2

one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman

1

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1

rubbing one's hands together

1