jpdb beta

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

to return; to come back

1

place; location; room; space; sumo tournament

5

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

1

return; welcome home

1

this time; now

1

style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

1

to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

1

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

1

introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner

1

elder sister

6

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

3

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

3

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

3

to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)

1

Tetsuya

1

merely for form's sake

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

while; even though; despite

1

Kobe (city)

1

head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

2

pistol; handgun

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

1

and then; after that

2

fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

notice; notification

1

the real criminal; true culprit

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1

money management technique; zaitech

2

delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

1

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

1