jpdb beta

harmony

1

to interweave

1

to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite

1

soba dipping sauce

1

poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches

1

to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)

1

food court

1

soba restaurant

4

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

2

large serving; large portion

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

nameko (var. of mushroom) (Pholiota nameko)

1

wholesale

1

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

6

noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

1

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

3

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

1

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

1

lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork

1

drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

1

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)

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

3

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

2

deep-fried food

1

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

1

food

1

way of eating; how to eat

2

(Western) soup

2

to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

1

instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles

1

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

5

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

3

copybook; model; pattern

1

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

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

2

full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored

1

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

taste; flavor; flavour

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

3

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

1