jpdb beta

gem; jewel; precious stone

2

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

warm welcome

1

first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

1

Iwata

1

blogger (writer of a weblog)

1

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

1

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

1

site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)

1

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

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

most attractive feature (of a person)

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

Akira

7

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

instigation; incitement

1

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

(not) a single person; (no) one

1

throughout Japan

2

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

1

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

spread; span; expanse; extent

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

successively; one after another

1

transvestite; drag queen; transwoman; male-to-female transsexual

1

woman who works in the sex industry

1

geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

1

oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

1

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation

3

designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency

1

wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

1

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

2