jpdb beta

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

2

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

1

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

1

exhibitionist; flasher

1

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

2

apologies for the crude food

1

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

1

sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)

1

sweet vinegar

1

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

2

grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

1

stop; stoppage; end

1

fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

1

(hen's) egg

1

rolled Japanese-style omelette

1

broth; stock; sauce

1

reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

1

to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

1

bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi); sushi mat

1

lover; mistress

4

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

2

going through; going via; going by way of

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

2

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

2

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

5

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

2

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

5

and then; and so; and; so then

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

13

torture

2

using one's arms as a pillow

4

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

2

judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office

15

diary; journal

1

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

1

kabuki; Japanese classical drama

3

program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

1

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

2

wizardry; secret of immortality

2

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

5

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

4

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

2

control

4

food expense

1