jpdb beta

sauce américaine; American sauce

2

collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

butter

1

olive oil

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

1

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

1

to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

4

saffron

1

to dissolve; to melt

2

Italy

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

bouillabaisse

1

D; d; director

2

Pesce

2

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

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

sampling food; tasting; trying

1

hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker

1

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

1

sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

1

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

overall victory; championship

2

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

2

intervention

4

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

1

rice and curry; curry rice

1

crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

cuttlefish; squid

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

temperature

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

5

to lend a hand; to help

3

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

1

warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

cough; ahem

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

school festival; campus festival

2

to look forward to something

1