jpdb beta

tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

3

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

white fish; fish with white flesh

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

2

clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief

3

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

12

half-eaten

1

trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

5

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

3

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

3

very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread

1

fried prawns; fried shrimp

5

black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); giant tiger prawn

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

3

to put into the mouth; to eat

2

dynamic

2

emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

6

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

half the body; half length

4

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

2

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

5

prawn; shrimp; lobster

9

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

3

passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time; passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time

1

manners; etiquette; polite behaviour

2

probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not

5

to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

1

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

1

to show off; to flaunt

1

before long; even now

4

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

4

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

10

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

3

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2

kindling; tinder; chips of firewood

4

tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

3

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

to want; to desire

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

3

smooth (of hair, skin, etc.); glassy; silky; glossy

1

brain; encephalon

1