jpdb beta

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

persuasion

4

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

1

uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick

1

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

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

3

sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles

1

sales message; sales copy

1

alternately; by turns; one after the other

2

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

2

supremacy; predominance; being superior to

1

(social) position; status

1

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

1

kitchen

2

nimble; quick; agile

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

3

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

12

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

1

hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!

2

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

1

primitive; original

1

art of cooking; cookery; cuisine

1

deep-frying with little oil

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

3

skill; dexterity; proficiency

20

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

3

steam; vapour; vapor

6

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

7

one by one; one after another; successively

3

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

1

bad habit; vice

1

glancing (look)

4

sidelong glance; flirtatious glance

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

2

frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

2

to spend time (on doing something)

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

4

swallowing; deglutition

2

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2

failure; rejection; rupture

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

butter

9