jpdb beta

can; tin; canned food

4

pale pink; peach-colored

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

washroom; bathroom

1

the same night; that night

1

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

duty; role; function

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

thus; in this way

1

exchange of sake cups

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

spitting

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

to spit

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

to recall; to remember

1

dead drunk; blotto

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

2

high class; noble

1

gold dust

2

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

1

here and there; everywhere

1

floating up and sinking down; rising and falling

1

lucky you

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

things depend on how you look at them

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

3

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

2

chopsticks

2

voices (of many people)

1

autumn breeze; fall breeze

3

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

disappointment; letdown

1

red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

10

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

1

newspaper

2

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

4

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

in accordance with; according to

1

joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation

3

being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

2

father

3