jpdb beta

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)

1

what's what; heads or tails

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

3

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible

1

in this case

1

conjugated form

2

elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful

1

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

reply; answer

1

review (of learned material); revision

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

multi-

3

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

3

foreign country

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

3

foreign language

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

homeroom; form room; form class

1

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

4

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

9

wave; ups and downs

10

which; what (way)

2

grammar

1

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

2

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

5

vicious circle; vicious cycle

1

cause; origin; source

6

dawn; daybreak; beginning

1

they; those guys

6

procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

basketball

1

food expense

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

mon ami; mon amie; my friend

4

over-familiar

1

nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

2