jpdb beta

back of the hand

8

deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

1

positioning; getting a position; taking a position

8

red clay; red earth; laterite; dark-red paint

1

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

13

brick

3

natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

79

curious; strange; unusual

4

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

5

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

2

branch; branch office; subdivision

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain

3

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

4

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization

1

beginner; novice; neophyte

2

H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; pervert; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

5

to frolic about; to mess around

4

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

6

to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)

5

bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism

5

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

3

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

20

small man

1

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

6

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

21

to make (a person) pay for (something)

1

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

2

you; I; me; oneself

38

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

3

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

2

braggart; boaster; big talker; big mouth; blowhard; bullshitter

1

very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying

6

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

8

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

5

burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

2

(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

1

nostril

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

10

to be completely still

3

gold coin

7

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)

1

money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money

1

something like ...; something called ...

1

let's do it; I (we) are going to do it

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

3

I; me

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

2