jpdb beta

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

1

purple smoke; tobacco smoke

5

there is nothing; having nothing

1

dry wind

1

imposing stance; daunting pose

1

scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction

1

two (long cylindrical things)

2

ego; self; ego

4

genre; category; kind

1

rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

2

adjoining land

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

2

degenerate; decadent; corrupt

1

expressing one's mind; speaking out

2

innocence; being not guilty

1

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

engine

2

tire; tyre

2

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

4

oversize; oversized

1

camouflage; disguise

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

2

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

1

body build; physique; frame

1

audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep

1

male voice

1

companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character

5

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

1

right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

2

high-pitched; shrill

1

similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-

1

aggressiveness; aggression

1

for fun; half in jest

1

to face each other; to be opposite (to)

2

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

2

brat

1

coarse; rough; crude

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

2

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

2

loosely organized criminal gang; non-yakuza organized crime group

1

journalist

1

naming; christening

1

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

1

to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation

1

to beat the hell out of

1

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2