jpdb beta

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

5

member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member

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newcomer; initiate; rookie

1

really; truly; indeed; good grief

4

loitering on the way; wayside grass

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

1

expression; looks

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

2

crew cut

1

in one's own way or style

5

one's history as a performer

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

they

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)

2

molars; back teeth

5

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

5

to beat to death; to kill

2

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

1

various

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to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

5

be; is

1

back street; back alley; off-street

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

1

half a year; six months

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

3

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

5

talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

5

garlic (Allium sativum)

1

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

3

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1

pregnant woman

3

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

8

temple (side of head)

3

bullet; shot; shell

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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bottom of one's heart

2

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

1

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

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