jpdb beta

way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system

2

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

reduction by half; halving

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

1

service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

1

(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

1

night

1

in that way; like that; that way

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

slow; late; too late

1

appointment

2

easy-to-understand

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

2

wedding anniversary

2

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

1

stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall

2

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

1

that's the way it is; such is life

1

present; gift

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

French food; French cooking; French cuisine

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi

12

table

2

chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

1

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

1

drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

1

fish balls; fish dumplings

2

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

1

beef sinew; beef tendon

1

konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles

1

Western style

1

your husband; her husband

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor

2

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

2

ganmodoki; fried tofu fritter made with vegetables

1

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1