jpdb beta

labor; labour; work; Labour Party

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

cook; chef

1

neighborhood association; neighbourhood association

1

bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

person proud of their voice; amateur singing contest

1

carpenter

1

kennel; doghouse

1

comedian; comic

1

compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

3

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

nothing but; none other than

1

lack; absence; omission

1

to interrupt (a person)

1

working without pay; free service; work for nothing

1

outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother

2

upskilling; improving one's skills

1

reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)

9

sex ratio; gender ratio

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

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

1

skeptical; sceptical; incredulous

1

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

1

cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)

1

first love; puppy love

6

awe; fear; dread; fright

1

Harry Potter

1

children's story; fairy tale

7

biography; life story

2

Edison

1

Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)

1

Hänsel and Gretel

1

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far

1

being somewhat excited (agitated)

2

Fabre

1

Seaton; Seton

1

first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

1

young literary enthusiast

2

version

5

intellectual

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

20

student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)

3

slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

1

wetting; love affair; lover

2

now or never; time's up

1

dressed in a kimono

8

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

1

fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic

3