jpdb beta

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

every day

1

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

14

cookie; biscuit

3

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

4

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

2

return; welcome home

2

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

5

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

the other day; lately; recently

2

cat's cradle

1

thread; yarn; string

1

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

1

finger; toe; digit

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

2

pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon

1

accessory

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

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

1

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

10

(cow's) milk

2

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

children

1

for a while; for some time; for a period

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

in one's own way or style

1

to enjoy (oneself)

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

2

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

1

bell (often globular)

1

to return; to come back

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

3

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

4

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2