jpdb beta

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

2

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

nothing but; none other than

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

4

to call again; to call someone back

2

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

3

too much; excessive; too

2

say; well; um; er

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

3

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

5

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

2

cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

3

intense heat; severe heat

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

at that time; in those days

1

university student; college student

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

third-year student

1

three years

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

5

to keep silent

1

job hunting; job searching

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

autumn; fall

1

job hunting; job searching

1

in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is

1

typhoon; hurricane

2

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

straying; wandering off course

1