jpdb beta

return; welcome home

5

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

postcard; memo; note; card

2

music

1

journal; magazine; periodical

1

reader

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

2

only; sole; unique

1

means of communication

1

as far as I know

1

reply; answer; response

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

refrigerator; fridge

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

3

evening; night; dinner

3

week

2

three times

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

3

two persons; two people; pair; couple

6

to subsist; to keep on living

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

6

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

5

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

10

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

1

after a meal

1

half

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

tuning (musical)

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

2

Michiko

1

company housing; housing provided by one's company

1

city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

9

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

2

to come back

5

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

1

engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

Boso Peninsula

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1