jpdb beta

reseller; scalper

3

relatively; comparatively

1

malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality

3

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

ticket

3

to buy up

1

high price

1

to sell

2

daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life

1

children's home; child care institution; orphanage

3

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

1

articles; supplies; parts

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

resale

2

illegal act

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

a bit more; a bit longer

3

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

life; living; I; me; student

2

repeated offense; repeated offence

1

house search (e.g. by the police)

1

(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

2

indictment; prosecution; complaint

2

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

1

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

6

already; too late

3

price; cost

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

market principle

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

1

futures; futures contract

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

1

doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

2

young businessman

1

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

to skin; to peel

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

crime; offence; offense

1

high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

7

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

to expel; to drive out

3

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

2

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2