jpdb beta

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

9

that is to say; so that means

8

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

13

assertion; declaration; affirmation

3

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

5

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

23

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

9

overhasty; rash; premature

1

clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)

7

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

11

moment; second; instant

24

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

15

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

2

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)

1

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

1

be; is

6

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

4

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

3

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

54

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

3

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

8

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

21

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

5

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

1

discard; discarded (playing) card; (arch.) bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period)

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

5

to pretend; to feign

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

10

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

3

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

1

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

3

aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

3

too much; excessively; too

25

one second

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

5

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

5

how many hours?

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

4

first generation; founder

2

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

8

best; vest

2

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

4

both hands

3

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

3