jpdb beta

woman's looks; woman's charm

1

straight; upright; erect; all; completely; thoroughly

2

personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance

2

right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?

2

kindness; consideration

5

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

4

casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

2

vinegar

2

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

1

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

Ferenc

1

store interior; inside of a shop

2

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

1

stockbroker

4

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

18

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

3

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

11

sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar

1

to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize

1

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

3

blunt; curt; brusque

1

Meiji period (1868-1912)

2

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

2

Yohee

4

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

1

to make a distinction; to differ; to be different

1

nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

1

soy sauce; shoyu

1

table salt

2

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

2

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

1

to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield

2

to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

1

daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel

1

puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

1

Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish

1

saliva; spit; sputum

2

flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

2

blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

1

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

1

matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)

1

bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack

1

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

2

tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

3

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

2

mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)

1