jpdb beta

Saturday

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

4

welcome

3

welcome!

1

white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

yellow; amber

2

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

2

standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

5

table

18

cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)

1

handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown

2

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

2

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

1

background music; BGM

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

3

customer traffic; customers; custom

2

apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)

4

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

4

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

1

small hanafuda deck

1

curtain; curtains

3

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

4

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

2

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

1

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

1

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

1

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

3

broiled sweet chestnuts

1

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

5

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

4

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

2

one person's portion

1

shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments

2

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

4

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

more than expected

1

quantity; volume; amount

1

clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling (accepting only a single payment); bond transaction not subject to repurchase

1

had better do so

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

work; operation; task

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