jpdb beta

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

I can tell you; heh

1

the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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

96

time; hour; moment

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

27

origin; beginning

1

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

35

four

8

soul; spirit

13

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

10

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

43

to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

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

9

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

2

tusk; fang

1

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

11

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

5

divine protection; divine blessing; blessed; fortunate; monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo period business tax

4

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

3

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

to escape death; to be saved from death

1

I; me

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

5

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

70

new; fresh; novel

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

4

to; towards; for

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

2

huh?; what's up?

4

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

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

12

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

43

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

1

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

35

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

4

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

1

coral

1

the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem

1

mica; isinglass

1

time warp; time travel

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

fairy-tale book

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

4

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

1