jpdb beta

sometimes; often

1

since when; from when; how long

1

skillfulness

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

1

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

2

you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

5

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

4

newcomer; initiate; rookie

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

1

south

3

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

1

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

I; we

1

fire; conflagration

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

4

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

1

to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

1

come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

2

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

person

1

extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular

1

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

guardian deity

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

1

they; those guys

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

1

entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty

1

one's physical safety; personal security

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

command; order

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1