jpdb beta

very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

1

dawn; daybreak

2

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

1

to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

1

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

1

here and there; everywhere

1

acting as go-between; good offices

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

sunrise

2

broker; employment agency

4

nth district of a town; nth city block

7

sequel; second series

4

Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)

4

New Year's Eve

2

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

5th day of the month; five days

3

live-in (e.g. job)

1

single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)

1

to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)

6

extremely; very

1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

3

revenge

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

year-end fair; year-end market

1

flattened rice cakes

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

2

Western wine and spirits; Western liquor

1

to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

1

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

1

retail

1

business activities

1

Suka

10

purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

1

head office; main office; main store; this store; our store

5

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

13

-like

3

gold tooth

1

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

1

to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

3

handsome man

1

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

1

traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; type of men's hairstyle during the Edo period

1

to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

1