jpdb beta

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

1

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

1

tram; streetcar; trolley; tramcar

1

random; aimless

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

2

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

20

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

4

to be built up; to be crowded with houses

4

another world

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

12

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

2

near; close by; within reach; familiar

2

unmanned train station

4

to jump upon (a moving object)

3

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

5

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

4

(period of) a year; during an era

5

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

10

to count; to enumerate

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

3

two; 2

9

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

3

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

3

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

4

inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

3

moment; second; instant

6

strap (to hang onto)

2

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

4

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

6

in one's imagination

2

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

4

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

3

time; hour; period; class

7

reason; pretext; motive

4

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

5

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

56

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

3

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

2

usual state of things

2

flashback

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

1

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

8

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

4

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

8