jpdb beta

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

4

office

2

attack; charge; raid

1

to hide; to conceal

1

pistol; handgun

2

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

enmity; antagonism; hostility

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

2

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

this area; around here

1

yakuza

3

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

to become complicated

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

second floor; upstairs

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

3

person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates; member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members)

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

4

but; however; although

11

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

2

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

2

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

give-and-take

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

which; what (way)

1

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

2

they; those guys

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

2

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

3

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

3

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

2

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

1

stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

2

huh?; what's up?

5

lucky; fortunate

1