jpdb beta

subject; curriculum

2

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

4

low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency

3

small talk; chat; gossip

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

16

easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

6

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

1

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

3

one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

1

feeble; faint; weak

2

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

1

water tower

8

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

1

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

10

control; check; restraint; inhibition

4

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

2

vertical; perpendicular

2

water supply; supplied water; water refill

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

2

metal fittings; metal fixtures

4

sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

6

fence

8

the four seasons

3

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

2

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

2

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

4

to admit fault; to admit one is wrong

1

's house; 's home

2

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)

1

indoors

2

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

5

skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline

2

rust

2

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

5

square; rectangular

13

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

help; rescue; assistant

1

to crack (person's voice); to squeak

11

underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

30

to appear to regret (an outcome, etc.); to seem bitter

3

to discuss; to talk together

16

January; first month of the lunar calendar

4

wind-swept; exposed to the wind

1

even

10

resentment; indignation; anger

2

in addition

4

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

3

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

1