jpdb beta

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

starry sky

3

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

2

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

1

change in appearance; transformation

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oneself; myself

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

father and mother; parents

1

shyness; shame

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

coward; wimp

1

elementary and middle schools

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

1

classmate; friend in the same class

1

sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

1

classmate

3

dark of the heart; depths of the human mind; (arch.) distress about one's beloved child

1

awareness; realization; noticing

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

1

school life

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

1

several years; a few years

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

sudden change; upheaval

1

continuing one's education into high school

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

2

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

2

changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school

2

that's true; of course; obviously

1

elementary and middle schools

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human relations; personal relationships

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

2

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

1

age; era; period; date

2

secondary sex characteristic

1

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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