jpdb beta

reality; actuality; hard fact

10

life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

14

(not) in the least; (not) at all

7

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

16

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

2

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

5

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

3

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

2

share; portion; quota

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

7

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

3

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

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

13

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

5

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

4

to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

28

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

2

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

17

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

3

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

4

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

level surface; plane

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

13

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

4

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

3

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

38

student (college) life

3

back (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

2

world of ideas

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

6

history

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

18

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

22

to repeat; to do over again

18

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

1

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

4

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

23

beginning; outset; first; onset

2

is something that; is that which

19

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

6

this year

7

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

4