jpdb beta

buying; purchasing

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

younger days; youth

1

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

1

to double

1

to dominate (usu. one's husband)

1

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

1

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

Japanese-style room

1

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis); kākā

1

test of one's strength; test of one's ability

1

vermilion (colour); cinnabar

2

Japanese umbrella

1

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping

1

to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol

1

futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

1

to loosen the purse strings; to go on a spending spree

1

buckwheat flour

7

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles

34

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

9

unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless

4

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

high-level

1

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

4

that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...

1

ordinary person

1

over-fond parent; doting parent

1

with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly

1

good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha

2

strange coincidence

2

entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo-period punishment)

1

to be full of pride; to be boastful

1

arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob

1

grandchild

1

(endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (someone) as if they were a pet

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

baby talk; baby language; babbling

2

thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly

1

to suffer the consequences for interfering in a couple's relationship; (lit.) to be kicked by a horse

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

2

tomboy

1

bright; intelligent

1

to take care of

1

to begin to walk; to set out

1

if it is the case that; if

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1