jpdb beta

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

3

to repeat; to do something over again

3

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

nervousness; oversensitivity

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)

1

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

1

to suspect

2

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

right to know; right to access information

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

should do; ought to do

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

4

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

3

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

1

to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

1

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

3

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

number; series of digits

1

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

2

to be powered on; to be turned on

1

mechanical

1

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

2

several times; a few times

1

to make contact

2

valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

2

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

1

serious wound; serious injury

1

flight; rout; debacle

1

patriarch; head of a family

1

Ulm

1

safety zone; traffic island

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

hostage

3

transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)

5

seal; sticker

5

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

1

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

3

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

1

possible; likely; probable

3