jpdb beta

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

1

older; senior

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

2

seniority by length of service

4

urban legend

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

vocabulary

1

creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

1

to grasp tightly

2

purse; change purse; wallet

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

3

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

2

mainly; primarily

3

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

4

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

2

metal bat

1

opposite side; opposition

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

4

to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color

8

omniscience (of a buddha)

2

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

4

one hand

1

both feet; both legs

2

head-butting; head-butt

1

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

3

having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

1

stalker; stoker

6

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

4

oh; ah; I'll be darned

3

more than expected

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

5

different item; different lot

2

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

4

embarrassing

1

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

1

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

3

treasure

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

2