jpdb beta

low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

to become better; to improve

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

2

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

ah; oh; hey!

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix

8

miso soup

4

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

4

mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make

3

dried sea slug

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

5

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

2

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

2

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

3

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

7

until now; so far; up to the present

2

woman

2

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

originally; by nature; from the start

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

2

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

1

racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

6

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

5

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

to think of; to come up with

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

which; what (way)

1

every day

1

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

3

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

2

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

1

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

1

if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

1

violin

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

Air on the G string (Bach, from BWV 1068)

3