jpdb beta

research establishment; research institute; laboratory

3

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

Japanese food; Japanese meal

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

4

another world

3

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

3

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

first meeting; first interview with

2

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

4

not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

1

to twist off

1

fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy

1

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1

full name

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

3

surname; family name; last name

1

the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

2

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

1

hero

2

novelist; fiction writer

2

counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

2

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

3

do not enter; no entry; wrong way

1

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

1

tape

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

landslide

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

2

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

you could say that

3

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

1

what is it?

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

dash

1

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

1

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

3

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

right shoulder

1

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

to raise one's voice; to shout

1