jpdb beta

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

manyfold

3

local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

1

dash

3

noisy; confused; uproarious

1

water fountain

6

crowd; throng

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

2

member of a group

2

leader of a charge; first to arrive

1

one's twenties

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

group; mass

6

to happen to be present

1

main street

1

pleasure quarter

2

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

4

first-aid; emergency (aid)

1

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

5

nightlife districts; drinking districts

1

eyewitness testimony

2

take it from me; trust me, I'm talking from experience; word to the wise

1

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

3

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping

1

present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)

1

personal history

1

random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

2

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

drifting ashore

3

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

3

ship; boat; vessel; craft

1

guess; conjecture

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

3

indiscriminately; giving no heed to

1

drifting; drift; being adrift

1

unless one ...; if one does not ...

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

2

meeting

7

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

1

suitable; satisfactory; desirable

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

5

hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

9

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

3