jpdb beta

needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog

1

pizza; fat, ugly person

10

range; stove; cooker; microwave oven

8

to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

3

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

2

to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)

1

start button (e.g. in Windows)

2

heat-resisting

1

heating power; thermal power; firepower

1

aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil

1

burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

1

non-alcoholic; alcohol-free

2

tip of one's nose

1

roasted green tea

3

chicory

1

good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

1

superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

1

spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

6

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

4

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping

2

juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

critical moment; do-or-die situation

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

first part of a poem or verse

3

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

3

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success

1

Udaishoumichitsunanohaha

1

next (day, morning, etc.); following

1

devoted husband

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

2

to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

1

antiquity; ancient times

1

passing shower

1

while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock

1

reach

1

cramming

1

olden-day; hidden in the past

1

to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information

1

to share

4

card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)

2

to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch

2

to live long; to survive

1

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

these days; nowadays; recently

1