jpdb beta

garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet

3

juice; sap; soup; broth

1

to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit

1

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

parents; both parents

3

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

to buy as a gift

1

fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant

1

high and low; rise and fall

1

difference; variation; difference

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

8

both extremes

1

home cooking

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

to be related (by blood)

1

distant; cold; formal

2

breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality

1

highest grade; superlative degree

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

4

indignation; resentment

5

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

4

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

3

hell on earth; living hell

1

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

1

scientific

2

composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition

1

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

2

cultural

1

food

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

5

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

6

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

3

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

2

always; at any time

2

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

4

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

14

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

2

to take back; to recapture

2

full speed

2

to be greedy; to devour greedily

1

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

1

(not) even; (not) any

2

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

5

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

3

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

3

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

3