jpdb beta

minced meat; ground meat

2

fat; tallow; lard; grease

5

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

3

freshly fried

6

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient

18

soft; supple; pliant

2

room temperature

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

8

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

2

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

7

slowly but steadily

2

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

2

mashed potato

3

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

2

deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

2

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

3

to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

2

trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

1

second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division

1

wok; Chinese frying pan

1

pepper

1

largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger

1

to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)

2

completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome

2

sweetish; somewhat sweet; somewhat lenient; kind of optimistic

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

8

to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...

3

face-to-face

1

foolish talk; idle talk

2

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

half-eaten

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

2

situation

1

interests; stake

1

to glare at; to scowl at

6

much less; to say nothing of

2

peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled

1

believe it or not

1

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

3

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

2

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

8

mountain castle

5

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

2

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

3

familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance

1

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

2

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

2