jpdb beta

we have our rules, they have theirs; our house, our rules

1

to visit frequently; to haunt

1

medicine manufacture; drug manufacture

1

a little more

1

Mika

2

coming to the store

1

shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

1

tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

1

TV stand; TV table; TV unit

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

classical music

1

animation; animated film; animated cartoon

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

Tom; Thom; Tomu

1

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)

1

company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating

1

draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style

1

counter for temples

1

well-grilled; extra grilled; well-done

1

preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead

1

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

1

labor union; labour union; trade union

1

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

2

modest; reserved

1

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

1

Kawagoe

1

jam-packed; packed in like sardines

1

mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out

1

wedded life; married life

1

thank you very much

1

short story

4

to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct

1

collection of short stories; collected short stories

1

meta

1

original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

1

introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part

1

conclusion; completion

2

on sale soon; coming soon

1

another company; other company

2

label; (record) label

1

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

1

taiga; boreal forest

1

sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)

2

policy; measure

1

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

1

noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank

1