jpdb beta

graceful; elegant

1

obscurity; mystery; abstruseness

1

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

2

well-bred; of good upbringing

2

one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

1

fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor

1

cold sake

1

drinker; person who can hold their drink

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

1

does not match (one's, its) appearance

1

friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

2

off-flavor; odd taste

1

to slip off

2

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

1

correct answer

1

white chrysanthemum

2

difficult to obtain; difficult to get

1

premium; premiere

1

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

cook; chef

6

distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

1

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

1

counter for temples

1

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

1

to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

2

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

ingredient; foodstuff

1

financial power; financial means; wealth

1

to cultivate a better understanding

1

clandestine meeting

2

to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in

1

store; shop

2

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)

1

high-grade sake

1

delicacy; rare treat; good-eating fish

1

to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish

1

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

5

founder (of a company)

2

indispensable; essential

2

management philosophy; management principles; managerial creed

1

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

1

big corporation; major firm; leading company

3

corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

2

unpasteurized sake

2

floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly

1