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)

2

I can tell you; heh

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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

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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

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time; hour; moment

1

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

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origin; beginning

1

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

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four

6

soul; spirit

6

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

6

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.

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

2

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

18

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

1

tusk; fang

1

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

12

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

5

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

1

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

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

as if; as though

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

4

I; me

1

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

2

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

4

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

brute courage; recklessness

1

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

16

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

3

two persons; two people; pair; couple

1

corpse; dead person

8

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

5

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

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to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

1

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

1

coral

2

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

1

mica; isinglass

2

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

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

5

sacred mountain

5

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

24

that; those; the

9

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

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

7

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

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