jpdb beta

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

7

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

4

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

6

short; brief

3

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

2

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

4

person

11

stronghold; citadel; headquarters

2

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

2

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

lost child; stray child

1

stray cat; alley cat

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

4

intruder; trespasser

1

not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore

2

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

8

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

17

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

1

even; but; however

3

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

11

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

6

how many years; how long; what year

1

to get used to living in

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

5

city

4

ridiculous; odd

2

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

5

crossing; intersection

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

4

other side; opposite side; other party

1

housing district; residential district

8

Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

1

samurai residence

2

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

7

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

16

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

4

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

2

olden days; former

4

foreign country

2

migration; immigration

2

family; members of a family

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

12

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

2

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

6

completely; not at all

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

2