jpdb beta

rival; competition

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

several years; a few years

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

to kick down; to defeat

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

4

within the prefecture

1

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

3

institute; academy

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

alma mater clique; old school tie

1

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

3

government official

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

in comparison to; rather than

2

local government employee; local civil servant

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

1

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

4

if is not; if are not

1

decision; settlement; definition

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

2

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

that's so, isn't it

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

Takimoto

4

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

2

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

1

paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

2

last year

1

evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

1

duty room; staff room; waiting room

2

guardian; protector; patron; parent

2

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

3

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

5

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

3

opinion; view; comment

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

3