jpdb beta

one hour

5

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

4

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

3

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

3

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

4

love is blind

1

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

1

paper

1

media

1

reader

1

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

since; henceforth

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

3

journal; magazine; periodical

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

1

researcher

2

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

research project (e.g. at school); independent research

1

school term; semester

1

changing schools

2

to miss a chance; to fail to do

2

in those days

2

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

aquarium

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

poet (of tanka poems)

1

fish

2

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

2

to burn; to get fired up

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

teacher (classroom)

2

to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

2

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

3

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

1

answering machine; answerphone

2

answering machine; answer phone

2

connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction

2