jpdb beta

oneself; myself

1

bid for popularity; publicity stunt

1

bombshell announcement; bombshell statement

1

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

1

the very thing; itself

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

3

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

Kōsuke

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

1

to single out; to select

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

to be photographed; to be projected

1

remainder of the year; rest of the year

1

Christmas Eve

1

regular customer; valued client

1

event

2

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

2

Kazuko

1

this week

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

3

Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan

1

general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general

1

every night

1

China; Chinese food

1

changing every day

4

7th day of the month; seven days

1

Japanese, Western and Chinese (cuisine)

1

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

3

unspecified large number (of people)

1

to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

1

end-of-year; year-end

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested; busy

1

Mondays and Fridays

1

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

2

question; inquiry; enquiry

5

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

3

unrelated

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

to carry out a scheme

1

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

3

how many times; how often

1

weird; eerie; uncanny

1