jpdb beta

mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

1

being good at shopping sensibly; sensible shopper; shrewd buyer; smart shopper

1

John Doe; Mr. Nobody

1

sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings

1

water bill

1

focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

1

top university; leading university; first-rate university

1

go stone; go piece

1

private clinician; physician in private practice

1

boarding; board; meals; catering; cook

1

obstruction of business; interference with business

1

membership fee

1

tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil

1

Christmas party

1

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

New Year's card

1

vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

1

wedding dress

1

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)

1

grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy

1

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

show me

1

deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

1

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down

1

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

1

job hunting; job searching

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

shoplifting; shoplifter

1

greatly; very much; thanks a lot

1

first shrine visit of New Year

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

change (for a purchase); toilet splashback

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

1

to call again; to call someone back

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

1

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

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

1

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

skiing; ski; skis

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

Champagne

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

to support each other; to support one another

1

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1