jpdb beta

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

2

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

(Western) soup

10

to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

2

general; popular; common; typical

2

belly; abdomen

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

5

mere; only; just; slight

4

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

1

to satisfy one's appetite

1

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

2

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

2

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

fundamental; basic

5

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

10

fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted

1

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

4

like; as if; the same as

5

until now; so far; up to the present

9

general idea; concept; notion

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

7

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

10

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

Shinto ritual

1

depth; deep place

1

to increase; to grow

1

wheat

1

existing

1

line

1

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

1

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

1

stone; rock; pebble

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

5

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

4

now; nowadays

6

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

3

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

3

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

2

guard; sentinel; garrison

2

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten

8

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

4