jpdb beta

to skin; to peel

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff

2

bark (of tree)

1

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

weeping; lamenting

1

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

42

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight

1

grape; grapevine

1

to be popular

1

marriage proposal; courtship

1

returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

1

chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

1

texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food

1

type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)

2

great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam

1

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

1

(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

1

good (place to leave off); convenient

1

tarte Tatin

14

fleshiness; meat quality

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

make one wrong move and...; take one wrong step and...

1

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

caramelization; caramelisation

1

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

2

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

1

air vent (hole)

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

2

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)

1

unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

trifling; trivial

1

beer mug; stein; tankard

5

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

butter sauce

1

leg (meat); round; ham

1

(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content

1