jpdb beta

home; family; household

4

noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

2

field

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

1

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

1

main cause; primary factor

2

female high-school student

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

to leave something as it is

1

sincere; earnest; serious

2

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

2

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

knockout

4

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

integrated circuit; IC; interchange

10

declaration of independence

1

chilly; unpleasantly cold

1

closet

4

public; official

1

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

6

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

source of worry; source of distress

1

bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd

4

bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables

4

mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)

2

small bowl

1

Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

2

mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

1

Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar

4

Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine

3

all sorts of; all kinds of

1

sense of smell; olfaction

2

sake bottle

4

office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker

4

dinner; evening meal

1

as everyone knows; needless to point out

1

ardor; enthusiasm

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

Okinawan-style stewed pork spare ribs

1

fair; fare; fear

1

in session; in progress; under way; open

1

beatitude; supreme bliss

1

face (of person)

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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