jpdb beta

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

1

front (in battle)

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

3

murder; homicide; manslaughter

5

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

5

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

1

suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression

1

to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate

4

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

3

big job; great task

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

connection; pull

1

to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on

2

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

1

entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings

1

(not saying anything) no matter what

1

logic

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal

4

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.); to serve; to meet (one's expectations, wishes, etc.); to measure up to (e.g. one's ideal); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be consistent with (reason, morality, etc.)

1

(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

dual personality; split personality

1

to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

2

to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...

2

with a bang

1

past tense

5

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

2

decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key

1

to be cleared of a charge

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

3

fetish; passion; enthusiasm

1

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

2

no side (rugby); full time; end of game; post-fight mutual praise; reconciling

1

sitcom

1

to embrace each other

2

receiving electricity; receiving a phone call; taking a call; receiving a telegram

1

beside; nearby

1

finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

2