jpdb beta

cask; barrel

14

to sit (down)

3

both ears

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

2

noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

1

ingredient; foodstuff

2

article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point

1

stocking; buying up

1

peddling

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

9

loud voice

10

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

4

menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule

1

to be worried; to be troubled

1

to run around; to bustle about

2

live fish; fresh fish

1

exhibition; display; putting on show

1

stray cat; alley cat

1

aim

4

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

2

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

street stall; stand; booth

1

to raise one's voice; to shout

7

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

3

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

street performer (comedian)

1

here and there; everywhere

2

program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

3

conversation

5

distant look; faraway look

3

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

15

noise; din

2

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

10

to yell; to bawl out

2

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

17

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

if it's the case

4

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

19

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

4

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

2

penetration; permeation; transmission

1

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

3

to throw into

1