jpdb beta

be; is

1

sorry; excuse me; thank you

1

was

1

huh?; what's up?

5

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

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

115

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

4

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

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

16

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

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

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.

37

I; me; you; manservant

22

name; given name; first name

1

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

84

Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)

1

detective agency

12

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

23

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

4

work; job; labor; work

4

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

11

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

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

43

to do

2

unexpected; surprising

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

2

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

28

this person

2

and; thereupon; because of that

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

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

48

younger sister

1

be; is

20

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

7

older brother and younger sister

2

indicates question

2

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

1

hair (on the head)

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

so much; so; like that

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

1

oh; ah

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix

6

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1