jpdb beta

clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew

1

top; upper garment

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

3

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

2

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

8

to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

1

warm; mild; genial

1

wired; cabled; communication by wire

1

radio

1

Western music; European music

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

teacup

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

2

face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

1

pale (of complexion); green around the gills; looking unwell

1

to wear out

2

suddenly; instantly

1

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

1

outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

3

to hurry; to rush

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

please sit down; please have a seat

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

3

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

1

newspaper

3

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

5

(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

1

stab; puncture wound

2

heading; headline; index; headword

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

last year

6

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

4

victim; injured party; sufferer

4

strait; channel

21

Keiji

5

that night; tonight

1

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

2

several times

1

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

1