jpdb beta

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

8

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

33

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

2

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

113

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

4

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

166

ability; capability; competence; skill

1

(police) detective; criminal matter

2

crime; offence; offense

2

diversification

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio

1

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

83

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

87

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

5

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

be; is

1

spider

14

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

4

truth; real situation

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

50

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

9

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

2

premises search; household search

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

3

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

69

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

3

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

4

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

6

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

35

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

3

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

52

police; police officer; police station

4

interior; inside; internal

2