jpdb beta

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

2

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

1

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

2

losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)

1

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

2

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

3

young person

2

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

2

visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

4

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

5

distance between two cars

1

damp; moist (negative nuance)

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

4

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

1

country living; life in the country; country life

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

3

ahem

2

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

2

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

5

dean

6

part; component

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

4

to rev up the engine

1

nose (of a person, car, etc.)

1

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

6

stop line

1

roadside

1

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

roller coaster; big dipper

2

unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)

1

vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

1

thank you

4

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

3

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

cheap article; poor quality article

5

bed with frame made of pipes

1

inch

1

second-hand shop; recycle shop

1

600; six hundred

1

component; component stereo

2

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

2

almost all; nearly all

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

4

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

7

usual state of things

2