jpdb beta

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

4

tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol

3

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

2

homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

3

large serving; large portion

1

ding-dong (of a doorbell, intercom, etc.); doorbell; intercom; ding ding ding!; correct!

1

ping-pong; table tennis

5

Armand

3

Murtha

4

an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"

3

guest

2

to do

1

double date

15

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

girls; women

4

than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except

4

blister; corn

1

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

3

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

1

time difference

1

passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy

1

years later

1

each; respectively

5

selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

2

alternately; by turns; one after the other

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement

1

objective

2

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

1

to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

1

open-top car; convertible; soft-top; cabriolet

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

arrival

1

(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside

7

serious injury

1

since; henceforth; ever since

2

triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

2