jpdb beta

Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

16

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

4

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

3

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

4

personal history; career

1

being on the ropes; losing ground

1

from now on; hereafter

3

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

6

for private or home use

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

air

2

economic world; financial circles; business community

1

Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good

7

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

2

samba

1

enjoying; enjoyment

1

society; the world; the times

1

yesterday

1

mere; simple; sheer

2

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

3

new type

1

was

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

7

everything; anything; nothing

2

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

1

money; metal

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

funds; capital

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

2

conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

6

isn't that right?

33

cash

2

ticket

2

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

6

to suspect

2

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

2

settlement; payment of account

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

2

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

16

personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

6

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

11

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1