jpdb beta

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

4

no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)

1

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

6

lunch box

2

canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos

6

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

1

picnic; outing; hike

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

10

outside of one's area of expertise

1

apple pie

1

on the way back; returning

1

being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

1

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

apologies for the crude food

2

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

1

tea drinking

1

poison

1

all sorts of; all kinds of

3

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

4

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

2

major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

1

pork

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

2

strongish; somewhat strong

2

slight; thin; on the weak side

2

seasoning; flavour; flavor

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

to remake; to rebuild

1

tasting; sampling

1

lack of experience

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

sleeping pill; sleep medication

1

money; cash

1

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

1

to relate to; to have one's feelings understood

1

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

3

affectation; pretension

1

age difference; age gap

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

2

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

pure heart; naivete; innocence

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

1

paper-thin (difference)

1