jpdb beta

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

3

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

90

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

85

Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

6

was; were

12

mother; mom; mum; wife

3

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

50

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

3

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

5

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

27

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

4

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

40

close; intimate; on good terms

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

6

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

equality; impartiality; evenness

1

reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

I; me; you; manservant

24

firm; unshakeable; resolute

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

17

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

14

(public) park

5

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

3

simply; merely; only; solely

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

feeling; mood

2

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

146

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

mountain bicycle; mountain bike

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

51

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

9

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

4

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

29

however; but

1

Sunday

1

only; nothing but

3

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

9