jpdb beta

tongs

3

to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

5

diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending

3

scallion; green onion; spring onion

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

almost completely empty; virtually empty

1

bacon

1

cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

1

efficient

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

1

to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)

2

grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

1

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

2

tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party

1

plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish

1

chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it; simple meal

1

chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

marbled meat (esp. beef)

2

sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.

1

brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

1

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

it hasn't been long since

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

1

what day; how many days

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

rational; reasonable; logical

1

had better do so

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

1

rather; better

1

you guys; buddies; pals; you lot

1

greedy

1

older; senior

2

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

1

contrived; false-sounding

1

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for

1

greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)

1