jpdb beta

window-side seat

2

extensive; spacious

1

in front of a station

1

shop; small store; business; firm

1

neat (neatly); tidy; trim

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

some people; a few people; several people

1

sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

to get a phone call

5

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

in addition

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

3

with a clink (click, clack)

1

writer

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

in the ward or borough

1

in search of; in order to look for

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

1

ash; ashes

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

7

as far as I know

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

1

to emit smoke

1

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

2

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

1

to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

2

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

to spread; to be propagated

2

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

1

viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

1