jpdb beta

storefront; shopfront

1

to look old; to get old

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

5

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

writing in large letters

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

2

already; now; no longer; not any more

4

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

3

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

1

chivalrous spirit; chivalry

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five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

2

establishment (of a business); founding

3

Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)

1

nine; 9

7

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

13

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

49

tradition; convention

4

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

mortar; plaster; stucco

1

here and there; in places

1

roof tile

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

4

roof

1

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

1

electric light

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

store interior; inside of a shop

8

illumination; lighting

1

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

1

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

1

to repeat; to do something over again

6

seven o'clock

1

dinner; evening meal

2

even though; despite; when

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

34

just one person; only one

8

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

5