jpdb beta

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

2

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

3

vending machine

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

2

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

2

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

suspect (person)

2

material witness; suspect

2

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

1

more than usual

1

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset

1

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

2

narcotic; drug; dope

25

control; management; supervision

4

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

7

off-the-record

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

2

hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings

1

designer drug; synthetic drug; quasi-legal drug; (lit.) dangerous drug

1

cocaine

3

to break down crying

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

2

all present; all concerned; all of us

1

uproar; disturbance

3

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1