jpdb beta

to try to do; to attempt to do

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

2

to speak; to hear a voice

1

malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

1

in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

seventeen; 17

2

... years old; age (of) ...

3

short (of a person)

1

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

1

to glance at; to glimpse

1

bamboo whisk

169

very deeply

2

bow; bowing

2

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

1

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

2

foreign country

2

boarding; wooden floor

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

3

hemp cloth

2

carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

1

wooden framework; wooden frame; timberwork

2

mud wall

1

partial

1

repair; mending

1

w-sitting; duck sit; sitting position with both knees bent outward and buttocks flat on the floor

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent

1

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

3

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

round plate

2

pasta

2

heap; pile; stack; full measure

1

chopsticks

7

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

6

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles

23

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

3

light brown; pale brown

1

liquid

1

soba dipping sauce

2

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

1

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1