jpdb beta

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

3

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

3

youth; springtime of life; adolescent

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

4

since some time or another; since who-knows-when

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

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

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

company; corporation; workplace

1

finding employment; getting a job

1

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

3

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

5

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)

9

you can do it if you try

1

he; she; that guy

5

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

hawk; falcon

1

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

1

to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

1

(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly

2

pocket

4

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

5

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

1

old age

1

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

and then; and so; and; so then

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

1

university student; college student

3

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

to exchange words

1

first day; opening day

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

2

neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

wish; desire; ambition

1

national

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

(within a) city; local

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

1

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

3

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

puberty; adolescence

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

5