jpdb beta

well-bred; of good upbringing

1

gear

2

accelerator (pedal); gas pedal

4

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

4

clutch

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

1

Kōchi (city, prefecture)

5

mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

21

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

1

car stereo

2

wind and string instruments; music

1

musical composition; tune

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

serenade

1

rearview mirror

3

to throw at; to turn; to raise

2

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

3

front; frontage; facade; main

3

to get a phone call

1

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

4

accomplice; co-conspirator

2

dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

2

to hold the key (to)

1

wandering; roaming; drifting

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2

usual state of things

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation

1

just now; a moment ago

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

1

knife

5

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

service; duty; work

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

3

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

3

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

1

failure; mistake; blunder

2

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

1

address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile

6

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

4

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

3

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

4

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

disciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctions

1

downshift; change to a lower gear

1

Toyota Tercel

1