jpdb beta

satellite city; satellite town

2

house where one was born; one's parents' house

1

elevated railway station

1

chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain

1

(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

curious; strange; unusual

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

our company

1

investigator; examiner

1

to be stingy; to be tightfisted; to look shabby; to appear wretched

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

1

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles

1

to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step

1

traffic control

1

chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

1

entrance; front door

1

flowerpot; plant pot

1

enough about ...

1

sense of caution; wariness

1

to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick

2

Yukari

22

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

low dining table; tea table

1

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full

1

Meiko

15

Japanese-style room

3

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

alarm clock

2

small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

1

laundry; the washing

1

Buddhist (household) altar

4

grandpa; granddad

2

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

1

portrait of a deceased person

2

dead person

1

(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering

1

to wave back

1

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

1

work clothes; fatigues

1

tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet

1

finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

3

friendship

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

1

going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

2

(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work

1

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

2