jpdb beta

one's true character; one's true self; one's true worth; serious; earnest

1

start; beginning; first step; clue

2

everyday life; daily life

1

at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

1

taking care of one's health

1

to be attentive to; to pay attention to

1

to fabricate (stories); to make up

1

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

7

evening

4

to serve rice in a bowl

2

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

biggish; largish

2

excess or deficiency

2

to distribute; to apportion; to divide

1

paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce

2

juice; sap; soup; broth

2

miso soup

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

3

boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso

1

grated daikon; daikon grater

1

soy sauce; shoyu

2

natto (fermented soybeans)

2

sea kale (Crambe maritima)

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

12

fish; fishes

2

redwing searobin (species of gurnard, Lepidotrigla microptera)

1

tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish

1

meat or fish or vegetables preserved in miso

1

sheet of dried sardines

1

sheet of dried sardines

1

eating between meals; snacking

1

dilute; rare

2

rare; seldom

3

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

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

3

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

2

sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

2

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

5

cold sake

3

loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

4

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

2

tumor; tumour

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

5

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

1

to hold a meeting

2