jpdb beta

felony; serious crime

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

6

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

secret base; hideout; hidden position

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

1

child; children

4

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

3

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

3

anguish; trouble; agony

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

use; utility; effect; benefit

1

to point at

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

conditioned reflex

3

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

8

informal; simplified

1

before meals

1

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

1

(Western) soup

2

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

slowly; leisurely; gently; suddenly; abruptly

1

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

3

to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)

1

white sauce; béchamel sauce

1

round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

eating habits; diet; dietary pattern

1

level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level

2

revolutionary

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

muddy water; red-light district

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

food texture; mouthfeel

2

salty taste; saltiness

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit

1

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

1

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

1

sourness; acidity

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively

2

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

6

joy; pleasure; delight

1

to let out a cry; to break forth

1