jpdb beta

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

welcome home

8

croquette

14

the preceding visitor

2

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

2

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

9

it seems so; that's what it looks like

1

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

4

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

16

growing child's hearty appetite

1

breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour

1

wheat flour

3

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

15

for example; for instance; e.g.

79

destructive; devastating

1

taste; palate; sense of taste

5

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

explosion; rupture; break off

3

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

54

angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)

13

pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

1

faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

1

several years; a few years

4

months and years

3

here I am; I'm home!

1

to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

7

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

2

one-by-one; individual

1

firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot

4

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

4

rolling up one's sleeves

1

onion (Allium cepa)

1

as we know

1

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

2

cough; coughing; tussis

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

12

to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)

2

never mind!; don't worry about it

3

outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

6

and then; after that

48

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

2

of no interest; not interested

4