jpdb beta

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

3

second half; latter half

1

in swarms; in great crowds; in huge numbers; plentifully; a lot (of)

1

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build

1

closing of a school; closed school

1

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

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

1

such; like that; that sort of

4

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

1

to sit for an examination

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...

7

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

4

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

2

each school

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

to pass (examination)

2

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds

7

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

1

had better ...; had better not ...

2

I see; that's right; indeed

2

alma mater

1

reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

1

Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam

2

to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

1

Takimoto

2

music room

1

digital versatile disc; DVD

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

1

huge; big; enormous

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1