jpdb beta

drawn sword; naked sword

1

older sister

2

dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

4

entire world; whole world; world stage

3

dusk; nightfall; twilight

2

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

3

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

2

whole school; the first proof; one proofreading

1

girls' school

3

private (establishment)

2

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

3

mathematics; arithmetic

2

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)

1

rapid talking

1

first (of its kind) in Japan

1

Board of Education

5

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

sport; sports

2

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

5

to follow; to conform; to apply to

1

scholarship student

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

1

television program; TV program

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

2

having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic

4

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

3

cheek

1

excuse; pretext

2

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

television advertising; television commercial

1

temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

3

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

4

ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right

2

silver thread

1

embroidery

3

cayenne pepper

1

full dress; formal dress; uniform

2

handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

3

coast; shore; littoral

1

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

2