jpdb beta

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

woman; female; feminine gender

8

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

5

to smile (at someone)

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

3

ten years; decade

4

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress

2

in one's own way or style

6

such; this sort of; like this

7

different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

9

regular customer

2

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

16

small; little; tiny

9

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

2

thirty; 30

4

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

6

family; members of a family

3

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

3

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

10

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

11

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)

1

having said that; be that as it may

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

2

meal; dinner; diet

6

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

47

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

8

delivery

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

32

royal capital; imperial capital

61

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

8

such

3

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

20

several minutes; a few minutes

2

to walk

29

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

5

one house

3

ten; 10; ten years of age

11

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

2

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

7

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

7

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

4

to occur; to happen

8

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

3

case; situation

16

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

5

and then; after that

1