jpdb beta

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

3

underground organization; underground organisation

1

bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

1

resistance movement

1

anti-Japanese

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

student (esp. a university student)

3

sun; sunshine; sunlight

2

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

5

here and there; in places

1

Chinatown

1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

1

primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

1

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

2

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

frosted glass

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

2

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

shortcut

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

amber (colour, color)

1

ceramics

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

to put into the mouth; to eat

2

astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

2

to lead someone around by the nose

1

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

1

to be the case that

4

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

1

secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum

1

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

1

as (somebody) says

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

3

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

5

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

1

riding fast; driving a horse fast

3

evening sun; setting sun

4

light source

1

tombstone; gravestone

2

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

gravesite; tomb

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