jpdb beta

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

6

dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

3

late at night; at a late hour

1

to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

3

example; an instance

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

2

harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

3

golf course; golf links

1

electrically powered; electric

10

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

7

dashboard; dash

1

slot; slot machine

1

tour conductor; tour guide

1

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

3

for one person's use

1

rear seat

1

car sickness

2

sound of a button or switch being pressed

1

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

3

outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery

2

counterclockwise; anti-clockwise

1

endangered species

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

6

best in the world

3

competitive swimming; swimming race

2

water slide

3

to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme

3

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

3

amusement park

1

Ferris wheel

1

haunted house

1

Elysium; Elysian Fields; abode of blessed heroes after death (in Greek mythology)

1

holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

3

cottage

34

shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake

1

stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

4

operating company

3

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

3

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

1

sauna

20

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

general; overall; across-the-board

1

usage charge; usage fee

1

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

3

(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

4