jpdb beta

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe

5

human relations; personal relationships

1

after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

1

sideboard

2

Rossini

1

William Tell

2

overture; prelude

4

Switzerland

2

to go into labor; to go into labour

1

nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent

1

to succeed to a house

1

Edward

9

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

4

celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift; push present

1

baby carriage; perambulator; pram

1

baby bottle; nursing bottle; feeding bottle

1

(front) baby sling; (front) baby carrier

1

novelist; fiction writer

1

sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note

1

teatime; tea break; coffee break

1

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

2

book; register

1

family photo

7

troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

1

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

5

hair restorer

2

academy; academia

20

important point; point to make note of

5

model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form

1

inn town; post town; post-station town

1

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

1

journey; route of a journey

2

multinational; transnational

1

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

3

drunkard; drunk

1

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

2

to sit for an examination

5

fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road

1

to make known

2

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

3

uniform; even; across-the-board; equal

1

application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

2

divining sticks; counting; calculation

1

on the other hand; at the same time

1

downgrade; downgrading

4

completely; entirely; totally

2

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

1

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

3

unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted

2

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1