jpdb beta

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

5

(finger) ring

5

to telephone; to make a phone call

1

pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

13

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

indicates emphasis

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

making some money; earning

1

worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

1

small sum of money

1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

hee-hee; tee-hee

1

among (them); of (them)

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

to begin; to set about; to start

1

OK; okay

5

cold cash; hard cash

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless

2

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

3

altruism

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

to keep (a person) waiting

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

to neglect; to let alone

2

and; thereupon; because of that

2

diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

4

rich person

3

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

wrong; different; not like that

1

the whole country

5

(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

2

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

noon; midday

1

in the capital; in Tokyo

1

dawn; daybreak; beginning

2

manor; villa

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

3

mysterious thief; phantom thief

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

2

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1