jpdb beta

government official

3

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

4

prefectural office

1

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

2

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

7

mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

1

Takatsudo

1

declaration; statement; proclamation

1

too many to count; too numerous to mention

1

field overseer; site foreman

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

3

to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

1

antihero

1

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

3

secretiveness

2

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

2

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten

3

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

2

as a child; when one was a child

2

to distinguish oneself; to stand out

1

laughing matter

3

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

5

leader; authority; mainstay

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

very young; childish; immature

1

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

2

heir; inheritor; successor

18

related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

4

facetious; droll; funny

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark

1

sentiment; feeling

1

antipathy; prejudice

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

self-defense; self-defence

1

trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant

1

should do; ought to do

1

to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

1

if it's the case

3

Kimiyoshi

46

grandpa; granddad

22

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

9

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3