jpdb beta

junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

7

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

12

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

25

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

3

delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

78

study; pursuit of knowledge

1

to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

1

complications; tangle

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

2

several years; a few years

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

9

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

4

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

was; were

107

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

perfection; flawlessness

4

preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

2

unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

3

to show up; to appear; to turn up

3

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

8

to answer; to reply

7

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

5

myself; yourself; I; me; you

56

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

12

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

4

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

10

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

3

electron; electronic

1

reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

2

impulsive

1

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

8

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

4

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

19

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

162

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

45

appearance; outward show

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

152

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)

2

to burn; to get fired up

9

honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil

2

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1