jpdb beta

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

2

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

7

to stammer; to stutter

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

author

2

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

3

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

4

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

3

representative

2

all present; all concerned; all of us

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

39

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

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

6

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

4

oiliness; greasiness

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

5

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

Magoori

1

Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine

1

inlet; bay

1

Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

2

riverside

4

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

2

factory worker

2

bank; weir; embankment; levee

16

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

12

taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station

3

to report; to notify

1

order; sequence; procedure

3

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

way of talking; speaking style

3

to hold one's breath

1

autopsy; inquest; investigation of death

2

maroon; reddish-brown

2

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

mohair

3

but; however; provided that

5

cause of death

3

strangulation; strangling

5

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

2

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

1

sigh

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

4

property; possession

1