jpdb beta

as planned

1

to hold a ceremony

1

mother

6

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

2

to explain the situation

1

heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

2

to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

2

to fall ill; to be taken ill

1

to make contact

1

mother; wife

4

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

5

we

9

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile

2

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

1

previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

1

boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

6

coming to the store

1

mood

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

5

Reina

6

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

2

to find out; to discover; to detect

1

snowshoes; Snowshoe (cat breed)

1

difficult to obtain; difficult to get

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

1

to tell a lie; to fib

4

surgery costs (fees)

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

2

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

1

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

2

to expel; to drive out

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

3

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

1

obstruction of business; interference with business

1

fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

2