jpdb beta

it's no joke; gimme a break!

1

to find fault with; to question

1

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

change of heart; fickleness

1

script; screenplay; scenario

2

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

1

clique; faction

2

main faction

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

2

referral fee; introduction fee

2

to dispose of; to sell off

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

2

decoration; arrangement

1

social class; social strata; social scale

1

failure story; horror story

1

laughing matter

1

scandal

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

5

suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

3

boisterous merrymaking; racket; spree

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

son

1

illegal; illicit; unlawful

2

exposing; unmasking; laying bare

3

discovery; detection; finding

3

acute (illness)

1

alcoholism

1

transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital

1

separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

1

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

2

guard; sentinel; garrison

3

station; office; guardroom

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

portion; section; part

3

supplement; complement

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

each; every; all

1

inquiry; enquiry; query; reference

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

hush-up; cover-up

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

those (near the second person)

3

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

3