jpdb beta

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

1

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass

4

great majority

10

NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation

2

union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

5

nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible

3

several weeks; a few weeks

2

strategy; tactics

3

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

2

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

1

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

2

invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink

3

demagogue

2

to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

(way of) spending money; way with money; spending habits

3

to pin a crime on

3

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

4

court session; trial

6

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

4

Kitano

1

subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)

3

self-protection

3

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

3

total (money); full amount; sum

5

redistribution

2

referral fee; introduction fee

1

taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)

1

eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

1

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

Retsuka

1

new proposal

1

whistleblowing

1

winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)

2

wastepaper; scrap paper

2

neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline

2

in that respect; on that point; in that regard

1

negotiation

4

Western (film genre)

2

public (institution)

1

educational institution

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

3

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

2

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

11

bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic

3

to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; (lit.) to cross spears

1

that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles

1

to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create

2

Fukai

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