jpdb beta

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

silly person; dumb-bunny; dope

1

ouch; ow

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

residence; mansion

1

afterword; postscript

2

one day; (on) a certain day

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

editing; compilation

2

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

3

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

1

rest omitted; and so on

1

feeling; sense; impression

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

sorry; excuse me; thank you

5

next time (occasion)

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

truth; reality

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

1

each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in

1

to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)

1

Godai Yū

2

previous volume

1

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

Takajo

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

6

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

1

Mell; Mel; Meru

1

illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

1

to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold

1

history

1

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

1

awareness; realization; noticing

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

material; materials; data; information; documents

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

2

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

fishing village

1

LOL; haha

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1