jpdb beta

review (of learned material); revision

3

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

triangle; triangular shape

9

well; now; then

2

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

3

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

2

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

13

classmate

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

3

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

2

to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

1

whereunder; thereunder

1

short; brief

2

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

2

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

2

monkey

1

to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

6

eraser; rubber

13

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

1

anger

1

else; in addition; besides

3

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

3

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children

1

slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

1

drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

1

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

1

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

1

in order; in turn

1

to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

12

school term; semester

7

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

2

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

4

bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum

5

salad

3

etc.; et cetera; and so on

1

heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1