jpdb beta

for ceremonial use

1

meal; dinner; diet

3

meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

5

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

Japanese cooking

1

to; towards; for

1

unbroken; endless; continuous

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

5

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

4

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

3

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

8

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

5

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

3

Kyoto

2

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

1

dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

1

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

2

away

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

3

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

6

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

4

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

3

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

taste

1

indispensable; essential

1

moreover; in addition

1

sugar

15

even if I told you

1

there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

raw materials; ingredients

1

clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate

6

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

3

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

3

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

substitute

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

3

quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

2

to collect; to assemble; to gather

2