jpdb beta

sea; ocean; waters

9

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

seminar

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they; those guys

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

1

town management; municipal management

1

swimming

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

5

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

Sea of Japan

1

harbour; harbor; port

1

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

2

sound of water

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

windy; windswept; blowy

1

fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

1

many thousands

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1

oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer

3

treetop; tip of a branch

2

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

light; faint; pale; fleeting

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

1

moon; month

2

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

very young; little; childish; immature

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to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful

1

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

2

older brother; elder brother

1

friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

sorry; apologetic; remorseful

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

7

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

5

never mind!; don't worry about it

2

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1