jpdb beta

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

8

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

15

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

3

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

30

mysterious thief; phantom thief

5

saint

28

tail; tael (Chinese unit of mass and currency); tailcoat; tails

28

flying bird

6

(police) detective; criminal matter

6

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

2

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

4

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

3

to obtain evidence

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

7

adds force or indicates command

4

finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

1

to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

1

I; me

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

67

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

2

be; is

12

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

17

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

3

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

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

3

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

44

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

5

one week

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

municipal; city

1

art gallery; art museum

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

7

famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic

1

evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)

1

ah; oh; hey!

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

9

that; those; the

1

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

7

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

6

months (period of)

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1

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

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

2

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2