jpdb beta

sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

1

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

1

to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

1

very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound

1

to speak; to hear a voice

3

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

to comb down; to smooth down

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

1

redevelopment

1

land shark; land speculator

1

locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer

1

yakuza

3

evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation

1

gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence

1

the babyboomers; the baby boom generation

1

wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

you; my dear; hey

10

underworld; underside of society

1

black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

1

tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

uncle (older than one's parent)

1

soft ball; rubber ball

1

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

1

gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

1

morals; morality; ethics

1

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

1

area; region

1

promotion; encouragement

1

stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

1

to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

2

to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

horseplay; fooling around

1

prudence; discretion; thought

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

half in fun

1

whatever

1

damn kids

2

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

1

concreteness; feasibility

2

bad (fictitious) bill; empty promise

1

lead (Pb)

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1