jpdb beta

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

2

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

to scoop; to ladle out

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

3

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

3

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

2

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2

grave (pit)

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

1

door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

reporter

5

use; utilization; utilisation; application

4

a bolt out of the blue

1

blue sky

2

notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious

2

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

5

undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa

1

they; those guys

2

mass media

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

2

assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; (lit.) wifely role

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

parliamentary motion of non-confidence against the cabinet

6

general election (of the lower house)

3

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

5

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

3

disclosure; exposure; revelation

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

2

who?

4

weekly publication

1

stroboscope; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp; (camera) flash

1

hidden camera (for illegal and immoral purposes)

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

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

4

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

connection; pull

1

reemployment

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

2

molester; groper; masher; pervert

3

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

2