jpdb beta

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

8

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

16

support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2

at most; at best

1

above; more than

1

purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

2

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

14

shop; store; establishment; restaurant

1

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

20

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

price; cost

1

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

4

extensive; wide; broad

1

to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

3

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion

1

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

3

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

1

cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind

1

west

2

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

3

harassment; pestering

3

cake served with tea; teacake

3

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

3

deep forest

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

1

regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

1

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

4

to wave one's hand

1

parade

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

6

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

2

narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin

1

kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)

2

the court; palace circles; palace floor

2

eyebrow; eyebrows

4

long slits (esp. of eyes)

1

-like

1

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

41

remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard

1

to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after

2

general; popular; common; typical

2

instant; moment; for an instant

5

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

to pass; to pass by

4

very likely; very probable

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

1