jpdb beta

private detective

2

focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint

2

stylus

3

handwritten letter; handwritten character

1

frankly speaking

1

second-rate; inferior

1

inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

1

safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)

1

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

4

to take a picture

2

angry face (countenance)

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

shoulder bag

1

a matter for the police; a brush with the law

2

policeman's rope

3

old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic

1

to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

1

watch (timepiece); watch (turn to watch or guard something); watching; watch cap

1

one house

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

2

restaurant

2

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

2

nowadays

1

detective work; detective industry

1

hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction

1

hard (life); tough (world)

1

dressed in a kimono

1

catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu

1

distracted walking

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

12

no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

1

deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo

1

boiled tofu

2

tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

3

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

3

south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles

5

Zen temple

1

research

1

soy milk

1

bamboo skewer

1

starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

1

your husband; her husband

1

Kudou

1

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

4

sorry to bother you, but ...

1

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

11

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

7

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

fretwork

1