jpdb beta

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

3

to sell

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

Nene

4

older sister; elder sister

1

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

43

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

2

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

6

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

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

3

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

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

2

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

6

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

9

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

8

huh?; what's up?

2

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

11

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

2

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

7

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

12

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

4

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

7

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

14

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

1

direct hit

1

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.

48

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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

58

isn't that right?

2

distance; range

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

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

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

3

ability; faculty

2

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

earlobe

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

2

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

1

Nana

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

1

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

25

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

1