jpdb beta

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

3

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

4

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

volunteer

1

preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work

1

social; societal; societary

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

to accuse someone; to charge someone

1

to be (doing)

1

temple (on a loom); tenter

3

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

1

annuity; pension

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)

1

job hunting; job searching

1

sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

1

pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

2

prison; jail; slammer; pen

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

2

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion

2

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

3

7th day of the month; seven days

4

late at night

3

Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

1

valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

1

city

1

robbery; robbery case; burglary

2

appearance; look; dress

1

if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

2

to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started

1

to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

precious metal

1

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

squid tentacles

1

scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

2

to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude

1