jpdb beta

spatula; turner

7

recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival

1

(husked grains of) rice

1

cupboard; sideboard

1

rice bin; rice chest; source of income; breadwinner

1

measuring; weighing; metric; distance function

1

gleamingly; shinily

2

homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

3

to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

1

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

1

stock-still; motionless; frozen in place

1

to cook (something) with rice

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called

1

surround (sound)

1

canned cat food; tin of cat food

11

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

heavy responsibility

1

drenched; soaked; romantically

1

deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully

1

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

oil

3

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

2

boiling water

3

thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

1

liquid state

1

magma

1

volcano

1

eruption; volcanic eruption

1

commandant; commanding officer; general

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

1

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

each time it happens; at all such times

1

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

tablespoon

6

pepper

2

completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome

2

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

3

cooking; food preparation

2

to boil or simmer

1

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee

3

oversight; omission

1

counter for drops of liquid

1

something extra; something on top; and then some; icing on the cake

1

clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)

1

to read (a book, etc.) over again

1