jpdb beta

(police) detective; criminal matter

10

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

6

high rice field; very fertile rice field

32

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

7

grimace; sullen face

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

with these words; while saying

2

companion; company; tritagonist

2

schoolboy; male student

1

minor; not of age

3

sorry; excuse me; thank you

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

6

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

2

Zula

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

3

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

personal; individual; private

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

in this way; like this

3

rare

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

8

mainly; primarily

3

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

3

teenager

2

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

I; me; you; manservant

2

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

6

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

6

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

3

participation; joining; entry; adherence

2

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

serious accident; major incident

1

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

5

unlucky

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

3

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

2

of course; certainly; naturally

14

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

8

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1