jpdb beta

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

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

9

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

12

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

1

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

4

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

sounds

2

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

7

big; large; great

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

8

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

4

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

17

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

31

collet

12

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

10

curling inwards (esp. the tips of one's hair)

5

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

11

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

15

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

17

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

4

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

4

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

but; however; although

9

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

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

2

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

39

one year; some time ago

1

life; living; I; me; student

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

46

suffix for familiar person

6

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

3

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

2

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

1

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

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

2

as a child; when one was a child

1

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

40

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix

7

work; job; labor; work

2

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

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

15

Japan

2

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

9

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

8

six; 6

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

3

half a year; six months

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1