jpdb beta

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

22

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

4

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

5

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

18

dining table

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

4

martial arts; military arts; Bushido

5

one's high school days

1

judo

2

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

3

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

monthly tuition fee

1

compatibility; coexistence; standing together

3

boy; son; baby boy; young man

2

sexual discrimination; sexism

2

smell(ing) of sweat

1

window-gazing; window-shopping

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

5

hoodlum; ruffian

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

2

goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent

1

mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother

2

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

5

joining a club

1

inexperienced person

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

6

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

6

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

to be bothered (by something); to suffer

1

to exert oneself; to devote oneself to

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education

1

social; societal; societary

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

1

company; corporation; workplace

2

finding employment; getting a job

2

future (usually near); prospects

5

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

5

personal connections

1

to repeat; to do something over again

12

to increase; to multiply

2

order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

1

rising; ascending; climbing

1