jpdb beta

portion; section; part

3

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

residential area

1

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

1

spacious; vast; wide

5

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

2

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

one's (own) house; one's (own) home

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

9

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

3

(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

2

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

in front of a station

1

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

11

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

6

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

6

city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

1

short (of a person)

1

dusk; twilight

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

black smoke

3

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

8

siren

6

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

3

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

22

patrol car

2

fire engine; fire truck

6

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

8

both; both sides; both parties

1

high-pitched; shrill

3

shooting; gunning (down)

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

5

civil war

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

2

that is to say; so that means

4

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

desperate; hopeless

2

feeling; mood

15

video

2

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

1

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

2

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

30

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

3

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

3

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1