jpdb beta

cupboard; sideboard

2

standing at attention; standing stiffly upright

16

arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food

2

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

2

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

5

cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

4

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

3

border

2

thus; in this way

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

4

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

7

electricity; (electric) light

4

cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

6

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

3

bacon

1

solid (body)

6

pepper

1

bored; having nothing to do; idle

4

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

4

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

2

ladle; (hen's) egg

1

salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

11

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

7

singer

1

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work

1

to start singing

2

nostalgia; homesickness

1

uptempo

1

melody; tune

2

to listen to in an ecstasy

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

11

seal

6

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely

1

by force

1

single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother

1

parent and child

20

(someone else's) parents; both parents

1

society; the world; the times

15

to shoot dead; to shoot to death

2

to cut in; to butt in

7

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

7

duty; obligation; responsibility

22

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

2

to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

3

treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures

1

late at night; at a late hour

4

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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