jpdb beta

to; towards; for

3

to face; to go towards; to head towards

3

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

1

timing

1

door; gate; opening; title page

2

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

1

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

that; those; the

2

excuse; explanation

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

Merry Christmas

1

to embrace

1

Santa; Santa Claus

1

(one's) self; oneself

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

tenor

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

1

evening; night; dinner

1

to get late; to advance; to wear on

1

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

2

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

3

train; electric train

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

midwinter

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

tourist

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

5

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

1

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

14

examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

2

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

to wave one's hand

1

woman; female; feminine gender

1

smiling face; smile

2