jpdb beta

showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)

1

(medical) quack

2

snake; serpent; large snake

5

advice; warning

9

tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

2

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

2

positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode

3

has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

1

failure to reach agreement

1

barricade

1

what sort; what kind

4

calming down; quieting down

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

early stage

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

politics; government

2

fiction

1

to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)

2

(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

7

yakuza coat of arms

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

5

to lend an ear to; to listen to

8

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

14

to defeat

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

2

to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

2

special; particular; peculiar; unique

3

father and mother; parents

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

to untangle; to untwine; to get back together (with a former partner)

1

modest; reserved

1

more than anything; above all else

2

bygones; the past; past event

2

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

1

to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth

1

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

2

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

2

private; personal

4

virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

3

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

1

petitioner

1

to storm in with a yell

1

random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

5

first day; opening day

3

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

5