jpdb beta

right in the center (centre)

1

physique; bodily build

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

to wait upon; to serve

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

4

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

four people

8

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

3

to encamp; to take up positions

1

(political) power; authority; influence

2

property; fortune; assets

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

3

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

to look as if one is important; to swagger around

1

trade; commerce

2

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

5

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

3

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

15

sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

3

to sniff; to smell

3

alcohol; sake

68

afterwards

6

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

12

good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

6

to look towards

1

indoor; inside the room

4

to be hazy; to be misty

4

gong; tam-tam

6

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

3

to dye; to colour; to color

1

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

3

beforehand; in advance; previously

4

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

Danjou

7

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

3

to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

layout map; block plan; layout plan

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

throw; throwing; throwing event

1

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

2

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

2