jpdb beta

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

renewal; update; innovation; improvement

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

Sunday

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato puree)

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pilaf

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration

1

(husked grains of) rice

3

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

1

cooking; food preparation

5

Orzo (pasta)

10

pasta

20

(Western) soup

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paella (Spanish rice dish)

1

(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification

1

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

5

material; ingredient

13

to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

5

at least

1

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

every quarter; all sides

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

2

evolution; progress

2

blending of Japanese and Western styles

2

category

1

taste

2

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

1

helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

2

to meet; to greet

1

sound of many footsteps

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Kotarou

2

hungry; starving

1

puberty; adolescence

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

to state one's opinion

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home cooking

1

to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

1

I; me; you; manservant

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