jpdb beta

appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

7

food cooked by steaming

1

to exaggerate

1

spectator; audience

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

small country

1

union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

1

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

3

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

2

party given in recognition of a person's services

1

liquor smell; tipsiness

2

to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly

23

(United States of) America; USA

1

steaming

2

smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth

1

repertoire; repertory

5

bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

1

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

3

city

8

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

5

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly

1

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

4

to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

1

temper; disposition

1

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

2

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

2

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

8

food; foodstuff; prey; victim

8

thinking back now; looking back

1

something rolled in paper; paper roll; cigarette

1

utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set

8

a born fool is never cured; there is no cure for stupidity; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

(an) only child

1

tenacity; endurance

2

about; concerning; related to; -ish

4

to fall in love

1

fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit

1

unrefined sake; unfiltered sake; cloudy sake

1

(Chinese) hot pot

4

presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

2

hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh

2

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

2

both; (not) either

9

to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly

1

small bowl

2