jpdb beta

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

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to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking

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old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

2

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

to slide into; to slip into

1

human interest; kindness

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

Shakespeare, William

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

1

to go into labor; to go into labour

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

1

taxi

2

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

city

1

rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency

2

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

3

contradiction; inconsistency

3

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

1

enthusiastic performance

1

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

1

with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

1

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

2

humanity; human nature

1

cheating (on an examination); cribbing

2

passing mark

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quick-wittedness; tact

1

supplementary exam

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counter for questions

3

final examination

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

1

allotment (allocation) of marks

2

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

1

page

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram

1

car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

1

cross-section view

1

whereunder; thereunder

1

posing a question; question

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

in all directions

1

to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

1

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

39

long ago; once upon a time

1

mischievous

1

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

1

fox hunt; fox hunting

1

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

1