jpdb beta

to pretend; to feign

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1

taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station

1

inside; within

4

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing

1

cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

3

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

5

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

4

wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

1

Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy

5

Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

3

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

1

cut; notch; raid; attack

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

opening and shutting

3

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

6

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

2

to answer; to reply

2

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

3

locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)

3

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

3

half century

2

elderly person

1

to die

6

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

4

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

1

punishment

1

how many people; a number of people

1

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

14

valley

44

individual of taste

12

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

24

on-the-spot (report); eyewitness (report)

4

in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime

4

the other day; a few days ago

2

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

4