jpdb beta

yikes; oops; eep; wow

2

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

1

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

22

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

62

mother; mom; mum; wife

21

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

3

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

24

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

please

3

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

rice paddy

17

be; is

32

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

5

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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

71

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

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

48

female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

1

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

3

I; me

15

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.

23

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

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

traffic accident

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

5

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

6

now; the present time; just now; another; more

4

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

tent

7

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

6

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.)

12

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

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

3

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

17

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

54

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

5

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

4

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

1

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

22

to be discouraged; to shrink from

2

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

13

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

3

discovery; detection; finding

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

5