jpdb beta

(one's parents') home

4

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

2

cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker

2

welcome home

1

ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; hanging decorative ball that splits in half to release confetti, streamers, balloons, etc. (for celebratory events)

1

gold and silver; money

1

thread; yarn; string

1

confetti; ticker tape

1

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit

1

to show in; to usher in

2

untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

2

wide brim (e.g. of hat)

1

hat; cap; cap (move)

2

winter solstice

3

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety

1

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

serious

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

to have a talk; to tell a story

3

top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming

2

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

even though; despite; when

5

omniscience (of a buddha)

1

afterbirth; placenta

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

5

to pass (of time); to elapse

1

(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

1

1,000; one thousand

3

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

3

four thousand; 4,000

2

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

3

mental arithmetic

1

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

1

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics

2

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

17

clock; watch; timepiece

2

this morning

1

slow; late; too late

3

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

1

habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1