jpdb beta

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

3

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

1

New Year's Week (festivities)

1

is not; am not; are not

2

carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care

1

kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

3

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

1

type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

1

comfortable; pleasant

1

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

1

continuation; succession; series

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

4

question; query

4

to hold in one's mouth

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

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

4

New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

1

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

2

(a) few; some; several

7

violence; mayhem

1

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

1

incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

1

half day

1

prison; detention house; detention center; jail

2

withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome

1

to writhe (in pain)

1

morning and evening

1

Toshio

1

graduate student

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

3

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

opinion; view; comment

2

that sort of; like that

1

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

1

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

3

cooked rice; meal

2

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

3

means; is; as for

6

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

4

househusband; stay-at-home dad

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

2

dinner; evening meal

1

maternal instinct

1

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse

1