jpdb beta

(political) power; authority; influence

2

personal connections

2

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

very deeply

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

to shrug one's shoulders

2

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

5

question; inquiry; enquiry

7

to take time

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

3

(a) look; gaze

3

sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife

1

shameless; shameless person

2

reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

behind; in the rear; in back

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

1

substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

outside of; not covered by

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

6

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

nape of the neck

5

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

3

chivalrous spirit; chivalry

1

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

2

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

2

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

2

human; human-like; as a person

2

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

to leave behind

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

but; however; provided that

3

to beat to death

1

all (there is); as long as there is

1