jpdb beta

guess; conjecture

2

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

2

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

3

crucial; key; most important; main (point)

1

obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

3

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

2

I; we; our part

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

1

imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

3

perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person

1

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

4

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

2

hey; yo; mornin'

2

order; request

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

3

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison

1

light music; popular music

2

concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

2

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

2

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

1

to shut a door

1

acting; performance

23

sales talk

1

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

3

yes; that is so

2

(fish) biting at every cast

1

the person himself

2

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

1

eyewitness testimony

1

ant

3

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

everyone; one and all

1

Chinese whispers; telephone (game)

1

distrust of (other) human beings

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim

1

to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips

1

to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

1

symbolic; symbolical

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

2

what can you say?; what (more) can I say?; what more is there to say?; what's left to say?

2

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

to learn something through hearing

1

disguise; masquerade

2