jpdb beta

to fetch; to go and get

1

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

1

reply; answer; response

1

to be detained; to take time

1

difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity

3

resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)

1

unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes

2

originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

2

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

7

one after another; in succession

1

Personal Information Protection Law (2003)

1

emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)

1

juice; sap; soup; broth

1

the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes

1

latex (milky fluid found in plants); milky lotion (cosmetic); body milk

1

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

2

topic of discussion; agenda

1

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

1

second-year student; biennial

1

(dead) end; end of the line

1

whistleblowing

1

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

work experience; work history

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

4

Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy

1

present post; current office; (an) incumbent

1

news website; news site

1

projected to win; sure to be elected; home free

2

assertion; declaration; affirmation

3

diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

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)

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

Inoue

1

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

(way of) spending money

1

(actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

2

acting ability; talent as a performer

1

openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight

1

to entrap a person

1

amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall

2

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

muscle; strength

2

smell(ing) of sweat

2

stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)

1

left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)

1

government district

1

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

1

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

3