jpdb beta

neighbourhood; neighborhood

3

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

1

aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

1

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

20

trade

2

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

3

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

TV Asahi

2

partner; pal; accomplice

2

very popular; highly favoured

1

series

86

obvious; undeniable

1

favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

1

ready consent

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

2

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

1

years later

1

second

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

2

just like

1

human relations; personal relationships

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

Heiji

5

chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

3

second floor; upstairs

3

third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

2

one's own faction (of a party)

1

pluralizing suffix

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

4

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

they; them

1

people

1

Katsura Bunchin (1948.12-)

1

professional comic (rakugo) storyteller

1

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

2

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

3

18; eighteen

2

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

1

suitable post or role

1

Kadono Takuzou (1948.8-)

1

Musaka Naomasa (1954-)

1

helper; assistant; help

1