jpdb beta

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

1

to bring someone along

2

fish

1

vegetable

1

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

10

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

1

early shift; morning shift; early arrival

1

because; as; since

1

where to?; whither?

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

5

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

3

household; home; family; housekeeping

1

second floor; upstairs

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

granddaughter

1

beforehand; in advance; previously

1

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

1

to be surprised; to be astonished

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

sounds

3

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

2

unable to sleep well

1

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

2

jostle; struggle; scuffle

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

skin

1

empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

4

middle of the night; dead of night

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

1

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

short time

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

2

left side; left-hand side

4

back of head

6

blow; hit; stroke

4

back; behind; rear

2

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

1