jpdb beta

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

information control

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

3

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

3

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

3

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

11

precisely because

3

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

3

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

2

boat

1

plural; multiple; several

2

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

1

hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

5

article not for sale

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

6

Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral

2

attention; giving one's attention; focusing

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

10

home area; home town; local

2

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

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

eavesdropping

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

3

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

3

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

celebrity; personage

1

to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

1

to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

1

(not) very; (not) much

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

stocking; buying up

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

4

groan; moan; moaning

1

demand for; request

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

4

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1