jpdb beta

phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call

1

abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

1

payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

1

head; brains; intelligence

2

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

2

bad boy; naughty child; brat

1

neat (neatly); tidy; trim

1

extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)

1

(keeping a) low profile

1

photography event; photo session; photo shoot

2

ricochet

1

to rant and rave; to raise hell

1

water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)

1

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

1

to catch one's attention

1

damn kids

1

fake; something false; sham; deception

1

play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

1

first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all

1

one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit

2

adult

1

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

1

physical evidence; material evidence

1

Itō

1

well-bred; of good upbringing

1

quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

abandoned building; derelict building

1

selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans

1

distance in a straight line

1

spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

2

club budget; club expense

6

anyone and everyone; anybody at all

1

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

1

to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend

1

inquiry; enquiry; query; reference

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier

1

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

1

medium build

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

3

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

peashooter

1

cross-national

1

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

1

hyena

1