jpdb beta

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

6

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation

1

expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)

1

comprehensive; inclusive; encompassing

2

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

4

in great numbers

3

most (numerous); largest (number of)

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

2

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

5

to be excited; to be elated

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

4

state; country; nation

2

training; education; development; cultivation

1

course; curriculum

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate

3

to pass (examination)

2

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

1

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

1

acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

2

new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults

1

new life

1

spring break; spring vacation

1

enjoying; enjoyment

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

1

state examination

1

regret; repentance

1

stripe

1

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

2

ironing board

1

repair; mending

2

endgame; final stage

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)

1

(doing the) ironing

1

prickling; stinging; tingling

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

reference book

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

3

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

1

access

1

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

2

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1