jpdb beta

going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

1

housewife

1

large family; extended family

9

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

2

young person; youth; young

2

nuclear family

8

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

1

rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

1

one house; household

2

contract; commitment

2

ready-built house; built-for-sale house

2

lifestyle

2

building lot; residential land

3

alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

3

Den'enchoufu

1

pond

2

Muromachi period (1333-1573)

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

2

railroad; railway; rail transport

24

rural or garden city

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

4

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

4

to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

1

sales; selling; marketing

7

main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence

1

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!

2

midget house

1

method of construction

1

standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)

1

prefabricated house

1

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

2

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

8

to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

1

the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); three sacred emblems of sovereign rule; the three divine symbols of the Japanese imperial throne; (set of) three status symbols; three necessities

1

car

1

air conditioner; cooler

1

Color television

1

urban life

1

implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging

4

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

housing district; residential district

3

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

4

crowded train

3

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

5

commuters' hell; commuting hell

1

hell

3

to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

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

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1