jpdb beta

taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality

1

extra effort; one small touch; small twist

1

one month

1

sense of sight; vision

1

sense of smell; olfaction

2

every other day; every second day

1

impudent; shameless; brazen

2

(a) step forward

2

looking away; looking aside

3

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

1

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

3

to boost; to force up; to push up

3

penguin

1

appliqué (ornamental needlework)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

7

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

4

meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)

1

tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

2

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

2

both (people)

1

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean

1

snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud

1

green peas

1

shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

1

to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try

2

tasting; sampling

3

small dish

4

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

2

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

soy sauce; shoyu

1

mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

1

broth; stock; sauce

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

simple; plain

2

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

Western style

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consommé

2

subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

2

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

1

pot-au-feu

1

focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

sandwich

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