jpdb beta

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

1

effect; efficacy; omen

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)

1

gene

1

reporter; journalist

1

social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

1

reportage

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

series

1

atrocious crime; heinous crime

1

prudish; strait-laced; boring; square

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

2

provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule

1

Fuchuu Prison

2

interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

1

prisoner

2

novel; (short) story

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

1

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

9

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

9

good; goodness; right; virtue

1

Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

and; as well as

1

attempted murder

1

life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment

2

decision; settlement; definition

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

5

writing (e.g. as a profession)

2

autobiography

2

fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

1

wailing; lamentation

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1