jpdb beta

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

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convenience store

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

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freshly cooked

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to serve rice in a bowl

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rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

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streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

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miso soup

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egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

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rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

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spinach

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boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

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horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

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grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

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kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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natto (fermented soybeans)

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bowl of eel and rice (donburi)

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oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter

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beef (or pork) and eggs on rice

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spices; condiments; adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant; meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g. to make gomoku meshi)

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Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)

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teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

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salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

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crab omelet on rice

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roast pork; baseball fan

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soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

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gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

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China; Chinese food

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chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

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red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

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salad

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to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)

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cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

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tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

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melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

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watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

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nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

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apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

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grape; grapevine

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