jpdb beta

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

2

to lock

1

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

3

length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword

2

centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

2

knife

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

4

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

1

I can't die and leave things this way

1

dead men tell no tales

1

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

as (somebody) says

1

I; me

1

money; metal

2

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

corners of the mouth

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

4

ideal

1

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

3

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

3

arrest; apprehension; capture

4

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

3

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

3

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

2

assassin

5

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

2

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

1

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

2

countless; incalculable

1

sky; air; mid-air

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

2

that's the way it is; such is life

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

4

the real criminal; true culprit

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1