jpdb beta

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

3

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

2

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

large pot; cauldron

1

visit; call

1

companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

3

special seat

1

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

2

to carry; to bring (to a place)

2

high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated

1

gourmand; epicure

1

stamp; seal

1

to gain fame; to make one's name

1

discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

3

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

3

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted

2

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

1

lightly deep-fried tofu

2

Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

1

inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu

4

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

6

eating habits

1

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

religious; spiritual

3

taboo

2

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

3

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

2

in the early period (of something); at the beginning

4

cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

1

rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

2

kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

2

lotus root

1

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

3

surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

1

cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning

2

to deep-fry in oil

1

weird; strange; mysterious

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

2

chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

1

gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

23

just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

1

boiled gyoza

5

pan-fried gyoza

3

deep-fried gyoza

2

steamed gyoza

3

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

1

fat; tallow; lard; grease

2