jpdb beta

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

(public) park

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

5

to stop walking; to pause

4

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

2

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

5

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

3

Japanese street gang

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

7

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

4

good grief

1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

3

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

2

crowd of people

8

way of speaking; profession

1

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

2

density

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

a hard time; pains

1

last year

2

Saitama (city, prefecture)

1

dispute; resistance

1

several tens

2

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

8

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

3

if I (we, etc.) could

1

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

4

go that far; to that extent

14

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

9

huge; big; gargantuan

1

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

12

Kabukichō

1

(squad of) police; police force

1

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

2

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

2

journal; magazine; periodical

3

to breathe out; to exhale

1

safety; security

2

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

6

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

3

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

3

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

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