jpdb beta

lance; harpoon

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

2

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

2

shellfish; seashell; shell

8

small fish; fry

1

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

4

just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

4

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

house; building

1

cultivated land

1

(water-filled) paddy field

1

to be the case that

1

source of river; fountainhead

1

natural growth; wild growth

1

return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

1

big catch (fishing); good haul

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

3

Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam

1

palm (of the hand)

4

crab

2

prawn; shrimp; lobster

5

one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity

3

wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire

1

soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

1

drool

1

seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed

1

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

1

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

2

soup

1

preparation; arrangements

1

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

be; is

8

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

bathtub

7

dry riverbed; river beach

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

26

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

9

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

2

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

8

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

4

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

9

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

1

puberty; adolescence

1

height of; middle of; full bloom

1

hogshead; puncheon; foudre

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

5

drawing water; black cotton hat (used as a prop)

1