jpdb beta

left-hand radical of a character

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

1

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

4

kanji "fish" radical at left

4

appetite

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

1

gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

2

official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji

1

Chinese person

2

freshwater fish

1

hence; for that reason

5

comparatively; relatively

2

ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

2

we; us

1

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

2

as necessary

1

way of thinking

2

very interesting; of great interest

4

figure; shape; graphic

1

action of making something; -ification

2

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

3

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

1

inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

1

tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

5

to reason; to sum up; to conclude

1

Yellow river (in China)

1

Yangtze River; Changjiang River

1

sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)

2

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

2

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

7

deciphering; decoding

1

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

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

2

to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to

1

to feel as though ...

1

food culture; dietary culture; cuisine

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

completely satisfied; as pleased as can be

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

scientific

2

left; left hand side

13

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

1

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

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