jpdb beta

desperate; hopeless

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

a bit more; a bit longer

8

home area; home town; local

5

national university

2

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

13

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

9

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

3

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

13

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

should do; ought to do

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

2

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

1

school arts festival

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

7

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

beyond this point; from now on; after this

4

several tens

2

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

phew; whew

2

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

17

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

3

love letter

7

while; during; while; although; all; both

4

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

1

imagination; supposition; guess

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

7

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

mere; only; just; slight

1

extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

1

team

11

flamingo

1

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

3

no!; no no!; no, not at all

5

to do so; to do thus

4

washing (esp. dishes and laundry)

1

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

6

curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

1

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

in addition; besides

3