jpdb beta

despair; hopelessness

3

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

2

fishing rod

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

1

to bring back; to restore

3

to pull in (fish); to land

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

5

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

3

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

4

one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

1

sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign

1

start

1

folding; collapsible; telescopic

1

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

4

kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface

1

octopus

5

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

5

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

9

tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

2

thin skin

1

meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

1

vermilion; scarlet

1

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

1

plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)

2

concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament

1

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

2

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

2

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

call; appeal

2

cawing (of a crow)

1

loud voice

1

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

3

to vomit; to spit out

2

phlegm; sputum

1

to be entwined; to be involved

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

1

children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down

1

conduct; behavior; behaviour

1

every time; each round

3

even if I told you

1

flippant; saucy; know-all

1