jpdb beta

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

1

type of occupation; occupational category

1

spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being

1

small number; few; minority

1

fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits

4

easy money; easy gain; making a killing

1

side job; sideline; subsidiary business

1

end-of-year

1

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

comb

2

to sniffle; to snivel

2

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

youth; young man

3

to shine; to glow

1

nickel (Ni)

1

brass

1

1,000 yen bill

1

sum total; total amount

1

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

2

suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday

1

regular customer

11

customer traffic; customers; custom

1

10,000 yen

2

comfortable; pleasant

2

tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

1

cake shop; pastry shop

1

showcase; display case; vitrine

1

nappage; apricot glaze

1

coating

1

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

2

to head home; to leave for home

1

sweets; sweet food

1

same generation; one's generation

1

imitation; sham; -like

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

3

generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied

1

inclination; tendency; nature; character

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

3

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

cousin (elder female)

26

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

1

shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

1

twenty-five

3

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

3

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

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