jpdb beta

midterm (mid-semester) test or exam

1

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

3

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

6

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

20

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

2

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

27

to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)

4

3rd day of the month; three days

1

continuation; succession; series; continuous

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

224

disregarding; ignoring

8

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

8

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

5

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

1

vertical; perpendicular

3

fall; drop; descent; coming down

4

to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

15

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

1

just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

1

time; hour; period; class

8

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

32

oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

8

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

18

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

48

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

7

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

at least; at most; (even) just

2

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

6

working adult; full-fledged member of society

2

experience

4

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

28

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

19

to do so; to do thus

2

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

3

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

36

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

2

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

5

to shine; to glitter

1

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

1

to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)

7

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

7

carpet; rug; runner

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

146

beyond that point; after that

2