jpdb beta

participation; joining; entry; adherence

2

senior high school; high school

2

that is to say; so that means

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

1

educational reform

1

public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

2

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

1

absentee

1

to increase; to multiply

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

junior high school graduate; middle school graduate

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

7

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

wage difference

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

employment (long term); hire

1

chance; opportunity

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

we

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

future (usually near); prospects

1

(one's) life

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden

1

to subsist; to keep on living

3

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

5

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1