jpdb beta

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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perfect; complete

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

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time and effort; trouble

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

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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

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black soybean

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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salty-sweet

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field

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to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts

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kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

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vinegar

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar

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season; time of year

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vegetable

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

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herring roe

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Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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strips of dried gourd

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type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

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Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)

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teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

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burdock root seasoned with sesame

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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(nothing) but a little

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learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

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variety of goods; number of articles

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how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

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reason; pretext; motive

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kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

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god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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