jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

4

we

4

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

4

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds

1

old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

2

to look forward to

2

just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

legend; folklore; tradition

2

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

3

middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)

1

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

4

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

1

guardian; protector; patron; parent

3

guest; visitor; visitor's arrival

1

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

7

farewell; send-off

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

3

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

1

the last moment; the very end

1

unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

3

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

1

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

1

club activities; extracurricular activities

3

fundamental; basic

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

2

to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)

4

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

1

research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

1

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

5

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

1

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

3

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

5

building

2

still; even now; to this day

1

doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

1

business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

2

amusement

1

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

1

research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)

1

clubroom

1

prefab hut

1

hindrance; intrusion

1