jpdb beta

paper

4

sender

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

10

as a child; when one was a child

3

parents; both parents

2

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

grandparents

4

to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)

1

antique store

2

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

2

first grandchild

1

Tokyo-bound

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

4

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

5

aunt

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

2

(an) only child

1

country bred

1

environment; circumstance

1

shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

3

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

5

shy; bashful; timid; reserved

3

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

2

overseas assignment; overseas posting

1

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

2

what day; how many days

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

2

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

4

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

2

Tokyo

2

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

grandchild

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

10

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

1

ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

1

photo frame (with stand)

1

sense of relief; feeling of relief

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

3

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

thanks; gratitude

6

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net

1

wrapping paper

2

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

3

cardboard; pasteboard

2

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

4