jpdb beta

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

5

shortage of stock; scarcity of goods

1

to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to

1

ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune

1

business world; business circles; (the) industry

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

2

to blacken; to darken

1

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

2

hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

1

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

3

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

1

small-time candy store

1

for use by women

1

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

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

5

to blaze up; to burn up

1

prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

3

corpulence; fatness; obesity

4

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

1

woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

2

instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater

1

kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

16

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

2

New Year's pine decoration

15

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

24

out of place artifact; OOPArt

2

origin; appearance of auspicious omen

1

no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

3

melancholy

15

anecdote

3

famous; notorious; noted

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

17

exclusion of males; (being) closed to men

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

3

sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

3

output (electrical, signal, etc.)

1

to pass; to pass by

1

to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

11

deck (of a ship)

1

red tide

5

temperature

4

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

2

underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet

1

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

3

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

the Sun

3

drying in the shade

1