jpdb beta

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

4

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

3

iris (of the eye)

1

to say; to be called; to do

3

high-pitched; shrill

1

perfume; scent

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

2

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

2

so far as

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

rifling marks on a fired bullet

2

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

8

dispute; resistance

1

shooting; gunning (down)

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

5

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

2

police academy

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

organized crime; organised crime

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

2

provision of information

1

prison term

1

(one's) pay; wages

1

low wages

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

members; member; constituent

3

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

2

a few years ago; some years back

2

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

touch; contact

14

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

1

senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

5

to ask for money; to put the touch on someone

1

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

1

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

3

to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

4

medium

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1