jpdb beta

mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar

4

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

2

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

3

cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

4

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

5

ahem; harrumph

2

flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable

1

chaps; skin fissure

2

pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory

1

to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

1

mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

1

fry pan; frying pan

1

to mix; to blend; to combine

2

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

2

driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)

2

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

2

bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword

2

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

1

disgrace; humiliation

2

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal

1

fundamental; basic

1

way of solving (a problem); solution

2

to be too long

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

2

vague; unclear; elusive; hazy

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

phrase; strawberry

1

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

1

dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep

1

shower

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

1

friend; acquaintance

1

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

1

narcissist

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

2

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

1

the Industrial Revolution

1

posing; modeling; modelling

1

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

2

a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow

1

deceptive; fraudulent

1