jpdb beta

oh; ah

3

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

8

loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home

2

to change one's clothes

1

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

4

to collapse into; to flop onto

3

to ponder; to brood

2

thin ice

1

political life

3

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

but; however; provided that

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent

1

too much; excessive; too

3

convenient

3

dream; vision; reverie

1

duty; function; office; mission; task

4

probability; likelihood; chances

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

5

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

5

we; us

9

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

11

office

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

government body; government agency

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

12

Andy; Andi; Andie

4

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

4

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

3

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

3

army and navy

2

Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)

1

obstruction; inhibition

1

balloon; blimp

13

prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures

1

government office; agency; board

1

evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)

1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

6

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

2

the way one works; one's working manner

1