jpdb beta

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

6

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

2

roof

13

window frame; sash

5

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

14

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

4

to be sacked; to be dismissed

2

angry roar; bellow

3

chassis

1

Do Not Enter; No Entry; Wrong Way

2

hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation

1

reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

2

sanity; consciousness; soberness

13

pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly

1

to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize

1

(car) being run off the road

3

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

3

some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")

4

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

4

laws and regulations; legislation

1

drama; play; powerful drug

12

traffic sign

1

minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender

1

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

1

confusion; distraction; derangement

2

scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)

1

car involved in an accident; car with an accident history

1

custody; detention; confinement

3

other crimes; further offenses; further offences

1

place surrounded by walls; (within) prison

1

to rack one's brains

2

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

9

Central Park

4

Fujimidai

1

hexagonal building

2

hexagon

1

enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)

1

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

2

ward residents

1

small hill; low hill; hillock

1

knapsack; rucksack; backpack

1

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

2

gun barrel

3

(gun barrel) rifling

1

to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

6

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

4

several times; a few times

8

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

7

to give a reason

1