jpdb beta

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

9

when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)

1

all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes

11

service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)

1

ability to attract customers

1

copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird

32

to leave open

1

filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

1

to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal

1

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

cost price

3

fibre; fiber; textile

3

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

9

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

1

Sanchez; Sanches

3

to dissolve; to melt

1

youth; young person

1

bamboo shoot

37

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

25

(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil

3

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

4

visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

2

street performing

15

tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

2

sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

2

rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

1

heroine

2

reflexes

6

leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

46

to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

3

to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

1

brooch

5

lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity

1

prefectural governor

1

mayor

1

bunch of flowers; bouquet

1

under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

11

principal; headmaster

1

job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

1

afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

2

king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain

2

whole nation; whole land; whole country

9

lama

2

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

4

window frame; sash

1

level of confidence

6

indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice

2

as if nothing had happened

2

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

3