jpdb beta

household; home; family

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

1

to miss a chance to do; to fail to do

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

precisely because

2

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

soccer; (association) football; seersucker

2

to go to see; to visit

2

diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest

2

osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

4

modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

1

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

1

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

more than one can eat

2

pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

1

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

economic fortune; luck with money

1

gold (colour, color)

1

mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

lotus root

3

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

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

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

3

(woman's) undersash; datemaki; rolled omelette mixed with fish paste (omelet)

1

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank

1

sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy

1

to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)

1

spaghetti

1

chewing gum; gum; rubber

4

to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)

1