jpdb beta

plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater

1

track no. 1

1

rapid express train

2

recitation; reciting from memory

1

Shinjuku Station

3

edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication

1

tight skirt; straight skirt

3

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

2

Yoyogi

1

information session; briefing; explanatory meeting

26

to state one's opinion

2

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

2

to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know

2

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

5

unlikely; improbable

1

to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

2

teaching licence; teacher's license

3

soba restaurant

1

affable; sociable; friendly

3

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

10

long desk; long table

4

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

cask; barrel

2

this school; the school in question

9

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

3

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

dark grey; dark gray

1

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

thank you very much

1

opening a school

1

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

3

friend; acquaintance

3

school education; formal education

2

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

1

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

3

to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking

2

learning; study

4

school; school building; schoolhouse

1

learning; study

11

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

1

How are you?; What's up?

1

communication

2

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

2