jpdb beta

people

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

3

serial murders

2

expression; phraseology

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

1

Shinohara Kumiko

1

magazine journalist

1

mist; haze

1

close connection; deep involvement; close relationship

1

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

3

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

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

talk about divorce or separation

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

share price manipulation

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

motive; incentive; motif

4

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

1

to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

1

silent

1

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

1

good grief

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

6

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

2

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

2

special; particular; peculiar; unique

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

2

that is to say; so that means

1

desk

1

paper

2

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

Don (Spanish honorific)

1

quirky; idiosyncratic

1

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

4

is not; am not; are not

1

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

1

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

2

symbol; code; sign; notation

3

stage directions

1

mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

1

hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

1

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

2

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1