jpdb beta

personal; individual; private

3

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

right foot; right leg

2

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

2

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

little by little

1

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

stepwise; one step at a time

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

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

2

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

1

(in) one's own way

1

to flare up; to burst into flames

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

3

to blow out (a flame)

1

public high school

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

1

school district; school area

1

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

1

ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate

1

eighty; 80

1

percent; percentage

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

unlucky

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

1

to pass (examination)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

3

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

1

non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice

1

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

1

school tradition; school customs; school spirit

1

start

6

grey; gray; ashen

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

5

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

2

to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit

1

to get slightly dirty (all over)

2

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

extremely; highly

1

rare; seldom

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1