jpdb beta

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

21

mineral resources

2

strong nation; powerful country

4

to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

2

magic sword; cursed sword

47

birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

5

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

3

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

33

local specialty; special product (of a region)

2

extensive; wide; broad

2

spoon

10

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

46

(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils

5

kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

6

recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

5

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

3

of no interest; not interested

8

hourglass

5

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

5

three times

10

to weaken

6

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

3

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

5

off-flavor; odd taste

1

yellowish; tinged with yellow

1

cooked white rice

1

failing mark (e.g. in exam)

1

to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

17

porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

3

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

11

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

6

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

12

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

6

shogunate official

2

to sprinkle salt on; to salt

2

eating (something) raw

1

substitute

1

to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)

4

hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

4

alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)

1

gable

2

heyday; golden age

7

heap; pile; stack; full measure

2

rice ball

2

creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming

3