jpdb beta

to gain weight; to put on weight

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

13

yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill

5

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

8

preserved foods

1

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

5

cooking ability

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

20

home cooking

4

flattery; compliment

2

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

6

several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse

1

was

4

well-cooked; well-done; browned

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

3

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

3

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

5

kitchen

9

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

6

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

4

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

13

fork; forkball

3

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

8

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

breach of manners; breach of etiquette

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

6

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

4

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

3

sunlight filtering through trees

2

to shine; to glitter

6

to become calm; to die down

4

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

28

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

to want; to desire

4

to overeat

1

moving about; stirring about

1

to become fraught with emotion

1

armed struggle

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

2

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

14

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

2

fool; idiot; simpleton

3

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

7

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

3

to fight; to exchange blows

1