jpdb beta

civil official

8

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

2

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

1

to be popular

1

source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

4

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

3

say; well; um; er

2

proposal; motion; recommendation

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal

1

good person; virtuous person

1

corruption

1

having said that; on the other hand

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

1

to scan; to look over

1

slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

1

perfect circle; cute

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

4

natural disaster

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

1

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

1

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

1

right of veto

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

rare; uncommon; not often seen

1

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

big problem

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1

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

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

to pretend; to feign

1

so much; so; like that

3

go (board game)

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

1

long trip

6

last resort

1

thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

1

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

1

precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

1

shorthand; stenography

1

signature

4

to affix one's seal

1