jpdb beta

attachment (esp. to things); love; affection

1

souvenir; memento

1

in; at; for

3

personal use; private use; private business; personal business

3

ahead; before; the future

1

text; textbook

1

off duty

6

noon; midday

1

letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

1

it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

2

aunt; old lady; ma'am

26

if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy

2

pizza; fat, ugly person

9

inertia; force of habit

1

handmade soba

1

kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

1

chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.

1

tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

1

buckwheat flour

3

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

10

thin rice gruel; rice water

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

4

noodles; (arch.) flour

1

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

2

to summon; to get used to call

1

arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness

2

splitting the cost; Dutch treat

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

7

full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

2

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

to continue to do; to persist in doing

6

by today; before the day is over

2

alert status; emergency alert

2

type 2; category 2; second class

1

beacon

1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

4

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

1

imperial edict; decree

1

ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine

2

ferry

1

sender

1

information control

1

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

1

Bacillus anthracis (anthrax bacteria)

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

6

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

2

acquaintance

4