jpdb beta

academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school

5

completion (of a course)

1

and; as well as

1

guardians; parents; father and older brother

1

friendly talk; chat

1

lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

3

pipe; tube

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

country; one's own country

1

dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break

2

honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

like; similar to; same as

2

spider

3

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

3

season; weather

16

respectfully yours

2

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

5

however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while

2

recently; the other day

5

three sons; third son

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

15

wish; desire; ambition

7

visitor; caller

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

2

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

3

humble; modest

1

announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop); raffle ticket; lottery ticket; hikifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6, used by the bank in tehonbiki); kurifuda

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

2

clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

4

neighboring villages

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

home; family; household

7

son

1

this time; now

5

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

2

be; is

7

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

3

monthly tuition fee

5

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

3

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

5

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

please look at it

1

extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly

4