jpdb beta

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

13

bribe; sweetener; douceur

8

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

2

newspaper reporter; print journalist

26

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

10

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

8

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

5

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

3

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

4

curry manjū; steamed yeast bun with a curry sauce filling

2

pizza; fat, ugly person

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

4

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

1

manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

2

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

8

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

6

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

20

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

1

time; hour; period; class

11

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

2

public bath; bathhouse

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

5

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

name; given name; first name

9

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

26

had better ...; had better not ...

5

big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome

2

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

25

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

1

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

2

editor-in-chief

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

4

if it's the case

4

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

1

gossip

1

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

1

planning; plan; project; arrangements

3

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

5

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

2