jpdb beta

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

1

dependent on luck; matter of luck

1

to crawl out of; to creep out of

1

to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood

4

encampment; position; side; end; goal area

3

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

4

to pitch camp; to set up camp

3

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

6

Kélo, Chad

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)

2

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

9

this matter; this case

2

under investigation

7

(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)

3

circumstantial evidence

3

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

2

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

3

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

2

enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

1

territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.

3

tailor; dressmaker

4

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

6

royal family

1

purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

3

enthusiastic performance

1

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

1

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

1

issue of immigration; problem of immigration

1

short trip; brief journey; excursion

1

asleep (in bed); sick in bed

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

6

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

3

largest company; industry leader

2

financial institutions; banking facilities

1

sober and honest

2

rich person; wealthy person

2

long-term stay

2

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

3

threatening letter; intimidating letter

1

10,000,000; ten million

14

ransom

37

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

example; precedent; case

5

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

2

not yet; un-

11

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness

5