jpdb beta

chopsticks

10

stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

2

miso soup

2

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

2

grilled fish

1

seasoning with salt; amount of salt

1

by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

1

oil

6

plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish

2

weightiness; heaviness

1

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

soba restaurant

1

hanging scroll

1

after lunch

1

hill road

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

Milky Way

18

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

2

grey moustache; gray mustache; white beard

1

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

flight; absconding

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

5

recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

1

professor; teaching; instruction

3

when it comes to; concerning

2

so; so much; this much

1

body; physical system; (the) person

1

to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule

1

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

1

interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

8

martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)

1

wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)

2

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc

1

kneeling

1

long sword; minute hand (of a clock)

1

to glare at each other; to confront each other

1

bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)

1

rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)

1

to pull down

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

2

excess or deficiency; too much or too little

1

art of consummate skill

1

to fling (away); to hurl

7

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

4

satellite city; satellite town

1

pack horse

3