jpdb beta

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

14

to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp

1

windbreak

1

sunshade; blind; awning; parasol

1

rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain

1

caw caw (cry of a crow); crow

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

soba restaurant

8

to grate

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zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

2

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

5

early afternoon

2

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

1

slight yawn

3

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles

12

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh

1

next inning; next time

1

to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

common knowledge; well-known fact

1

standing firm; holding out

1

to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

1

influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following

1

famous sword; excellent sword

1

presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

presenting (to)

5

fine horse; famous horse

1

same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

2

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

2

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)

1

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

1

unrefined sake

1

suspicious

3

to be of help; to be useful; to go toward

2

everything one does; whatever one does

1

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

fiancé; fiancée

1

how many months

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

1

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

1

to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off

1