jpdb beta

to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; (lit.) to nibble at one's parents' shins

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

15

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

7

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

5

compulsory education

1

fine; penalty

1

(cow's) milk

36

delivery

34

(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new

5

to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

2

cooked rice; meal

6

return; welcome home

8

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

auntie; older woman

4

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

9

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

3

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

3

literature

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

2

Claudel

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

8

near; close; beside; third person

3

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

13

stairs; stairway; staircase

9

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

black ground; black cloth

1

stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

1

haori (Japanese formal coat)

2

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

8

eighty; 80

8

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

14

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

12

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

stranger; outsider

2

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

10

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

4

though; notwithstanding; although

14

lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

see you; bye; ciao

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

5

with hands in pockets; idleness

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

3

spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

2