jpdb beta

Gifu (city, prefecture)

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

9

such; this sort of; like this

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

7

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

1

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

7

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

12

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

13

to wash away; to rinse off

1

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

6

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

5

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

4

sterilization; sterilisation

1

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

6

First Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating homicide, robbery, kidnapping, arson, and sexual assault

2

special; particular; peculiar; unique

1

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

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

8

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

2

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

11

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

1

we

3

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

105

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

20

peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence

9

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

25

freight car; van

18

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

9

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

21

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

5

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

23

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

5

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

151

really; truly; indeed; good grief

2

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

94

yen (currency of Japan); circle

58

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

5

big; large; great

6

amount of money; sum

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

12

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

7

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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