jpdb beta

Saturday

3

just past noon; afternoon

1

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

4

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

9

next day

3

dangerous; risky

5

the end

5

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

3

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

2

to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

1

anti-establishment

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

despair; hopelessness

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

high score

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

11

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

5

personal connections

1

past (exam) question collection

2

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

teacher (classroom)

4

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

2

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

2

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

13

new; fresh; novel

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

2

difference; variation; difference

3

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

4

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

9

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

4

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

1

book printed from woodblocks

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

1

limit; bound

5

nearby place

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

10

one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

2

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

20

twice

2

to (do) like this

3

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

8

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

1

to feel oneself indebted to

1