jpdb beta

lecture

4

new land; new world; new sphere of activity

1

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

4

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

months (period of)

2

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

1

for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

trout; sea trout

1

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

8

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area

2

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

7

fate; destiny; predestination

1

rival; competition

1

Tokyo University

1

head (of a university department); chairperson

1

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

1

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

3

department of science

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

new style

1

anthology

1

literary talent

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

3

the same age

1

to win; to gain victory

2

second-rate; inferior

4

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

4

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

5

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

5

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

5

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

8

vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

4

inferiority complex

3

product; produce; result; fruit

2

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

4

every night; nightly

2

overlapping; piling; stacking

4

to be inflated with pride

3

guardian deity

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

2

India

2

young; youthful

1

ambassador

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

7

retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

3