jpdb beta

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

2

facing inward

1

intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)

3

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

head; leader; prime minister

1

to make an appeal; to urge

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

news programme; news program

8

caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman

6

lately; recently; these days

2

succession; continuation; series; sequence

2

scandal; impropriety; misconduct

1

Ebihara

2

huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount

2

follow-up report; further news

1

biological parent; real parent

1

500; five hundred; many

2

donation; presentation

1

sense for (how to use) money; money sense

1

indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

1

unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

9

to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up

2

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

1

same level; same extent

1

viewing as a problem; problematizing

1

the ... in question

3

ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

1

other companies in the same business; rival firms

1

skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)

3

tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

3

conspiracy theory

1

territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

2

Tanaka

2

Kakuei

4

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

2

Kanemaru

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

2

(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale

2

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

clergyman; churchman; clergy

1

teacher; instructor

2

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

1

you (plural)

2

snakes and scorpions; something detestable

1

like; as

5