jpdb beta

semifinal

3

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

2

confrontation; showdown

3

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

104

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

76

undead

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

4

omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death

4

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

4

Mr (junior); master; boy

8

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

2

then; well; so; be; is

8

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

2

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

3

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

1

like; as if; the same as

1

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

55

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

emperor

2

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld

1

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

1

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

13

to be reduced to ...

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

2

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

4

to be antique-looking

1

wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

1

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

audience; spectator; spectators

2

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

25

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

1

be; is

9

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

17

now; come (now); well

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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.

50

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

1

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

8

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1