jpdb beta

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

2

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

short; brief

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

piece; fragment; one (object)

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

2

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

4

handkerchief

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

2

mobsters; gangsters

1

bodyguard

1

among these; between these; of these

1

seniority; long service

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

hallucination; illusion

1

like this; this sort; this way

1

sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

unlocking

1

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

1

eye-witness; witness

1

with a clink (click, clack)

1

writer

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

2

faint; swoon

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

to be burnt to death

1

strangulation; strangling

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

3

to be consistent; to be coherent

4

alteration; falsification; faking

2

even though; despite; when

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

corpse; dead person

3

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

1

Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

to fan; to incite; to instigate

1

long visit; overstaying

1

business card

2

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

1