jpdb beta

to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better

1

to polish one's skills

3

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

3

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

8

tone

3

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

2

never mind!; don't worry about it

3

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

2

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

3

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

3

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

3

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

Tokyo style

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

4

kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

1

sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)

1

eel restaurant

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

one year ago

1

Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

1

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

this sort of; this type of

1

gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie

10

retainer; attendant; escort

8

difficult to ...; hard to ...

5

nice; likeable; desirable

4

preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

2

grimace; sullen face

1

this and that; one thing or another

4

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

28

to finish dyeing

1

tunic

1

dress

2

to dress up

1

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

8

hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole

6

nasal voice

1

tearful voice

3

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

11

timid person; coward

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

7