jpdb beta

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

smiling face; smile

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

1

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

2

in comparison to; rather than

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

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

7

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

reluctant (to part)

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

field; plain; prairie; moor

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

snow; snowfall

7

winter

2

snowman

4

to increase; to multiply

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

1

winter vacation; winter holidays

9

warp; curvature; curve; arch

1

snowball fight

1

mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

12

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

1

return; welcome home

1

letter; missive; note; mail

3

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

4

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

like; similar to; as with; in the same way

1

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

1

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

alone; by oneself; on one's own

2

sleepover; overnight stay

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1