jpdb beta

bad taste

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

1

department store; department

1

setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

1

old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

2

cook; chef

2

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

15

to request earnestly

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

3

branch office; branch store

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

4

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

4

request

2

to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food

1

to sell

3

good customer; prime customer; valued clientele

1

year-end gift; end of the year; year end

1

to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

2

osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

6

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

2

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

to whomever; to anybody at all

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

3

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

4

Japanese-style confectionary store

1

only daughter

1

kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served

2

to cap off; to culminate

1

several tens

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

2

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

5

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

2

ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

15

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

1

kitchen; financial situation

4

the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

2

kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

1

five o'clock

1