jpdb beta

getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

particularly; only; in the case of

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home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

to get out of bed; to show a leg

1

roof

1

warm; mild; genial

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

1

abundant harvest; bumper crop

3

last year

1

typhoon; hurricane

1

poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

1

(United States of) America; USA

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year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

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food

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

hunger; starvation

2

Sun

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

1

blessing; grace

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening

2

pounding mochi

2

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain

1

pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season

1

portable earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

1

all the more; still more

1

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

grated daikon; daikon grater

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to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)

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brown sugar syrup

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kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour

1

broth; soup (esp. miso soup)

1

jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

5

red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding

2

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

2

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

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regional difference

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burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

with a crunch; crisply

2

removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal

1