jpdb beta

very; berry; belly

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lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

1

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

Myrciaria dubia

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

1

regret; repentance; remorse

1

necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine

4

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

4

have a happy New Year

1

how

2

match (to light fire with)

2

displaying money (to prove that one actually has it)

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

soul; spirit

2

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

4

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

ahead; before; ago

1

exposing; unmasking; laying bare

1

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

empirical; from experience

1

insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

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Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

2

proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

2

ready-made; common-law (wife)

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

deep-fried food

1

one year; some time ago

1

to be ready-made; to become intimate with

1

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

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

hot sake

2

freshly fried

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

soba restaurant

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

siren

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whistle

2