jpdb beta

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

1

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

1

kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

Japanese dressmaking; kimono making

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

1

to be reliable

1

fortune-telling; divination

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

3

mother; wife

12

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

1

pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

1

alternation of three cold and four warm days

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

3

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

2

residential area

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...

1

amateur

1

Naya

1

coal

5

main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

5

snowman

7

charcoal; charred remains

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

2

rubber shoes; rubber boots; wellingtons

1

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

7

Sunday school

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

2

below zero; sub-zero

1

15; fifteen

3

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

even if I told you

4

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2