jpdb beta

sudden change; complete change

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

3

peak; peek

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

3

bucket; pail

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

3

fireworks

2

extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

1

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

2

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

4

(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly

1

first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student

1

ability to think up names; knack for naming things

1

to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

1

nickname

1

gentle; mild-mannered

1

never again

2

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

1

ash; ashes

1

to become; to be

3

Buzzword of the Year Award (organized by publisher Jiyu Kokumin-sha)

1

dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé

4

rather than (do ...)

2

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

2

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

3

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

is not; am not; are not

4

English word

1

map; atlas; chart; plan

2

sign; symbol; mark

1

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

3

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

1

whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)

1

alteration; falsification; faking

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

3

to make an appeal; to urge

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase

1

each (every) time; whenever

1

short-term

1