jpdb beta

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

4

maple (tree) (Acer spp.)

24

negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet

1

ready (to do); willing

2

steadily

1

clearing one's throat; cough

4

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

1

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat

1

interruption; suspension; break

4

apology

2

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

lotus

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

urgency; emergency

3

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

28

facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)

1

(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

1

main question; real issue at hand

3

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

3

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

4

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

4

institute; academy

5

middle and high school; medium and high (level)

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

1

boys' school

1

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

1

left end; left edge

1

pile driver; pile-driver

1

(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

1

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

2

middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school

1

the whole country

1

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

1

average mark; mean point

1

academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school

1

our

1

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)

1

every kind; all sorts

1

within a school

2

event; function

1

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

simplified version; abridged edition

1

was

1

physical education; PE; gym (class)

1