jpdb beta

eye drops; eyewash

1

digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

3

sampling food; tasting; trying

2

to do

5

to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)

2

poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish

1

at present; now

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

1

cease-fire agreement

1

if not ...; unless ...

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering

2

protective film (e.g. for a smartphone)

1

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

destruction of evidence

1

depression; low spirits; dejection

1

muddy water; red-light district

1

good feeling; comfortable feeling

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene

1

cup noodles; cup ramen

12

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

2

bitter medicine

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

4

instant foods

3

freeze-dry

1

this one

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

1

self-flattery; sing one's own praises

1

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

2

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

2

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

2

Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)

1

full-course dinner; multicourse meal

2

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

1

spaghetti

1

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

noodles; vermicelli

2

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

to make an error

1

mixture; impurities

2

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others

2

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

2

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

2

latticework

3

essentially the same with only minor differences

1

six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference

1

having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest

1