jpdb beta

if you do this; if this is the case

3

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

interview (e.g. for a job)

2

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

3

attentiveness

1

putting one's courage to the test

2

employer

1

market; fair

3

valley

3

Ministry of Defense

2

ladder (in go)

4

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

4

diffusion index; discomfort index; drug information

1

Defense Intelligence Headquarters

1

career bureaucrats

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

that kind; competition; match

1

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

2

ministries and government offices; the authorities

1

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT

7

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

to have the privilege of doing

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

4

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

8

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

1

stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit

2

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

1

retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

1

door; gate; opening; title page

2

preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance

1

one's physical safety; personal security

1

vampire; bloodsucker

2

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

2

public safety; public welfare

5

discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen

1

Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)

1

person; member

1

state; country; nation

2

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

internal; domestic

1

intelligence agency; secret service

1

terrorist

6

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

2

left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field

2

sense of justice

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

2

sect; faction

1