jpdb beta

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

3

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

17

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

6

be; is

6

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

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Ruriko

5

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

17

(some) more; even more; longer; further

2

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

4

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

19

Mr (junior); master; boy

10

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

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

2

(nothing) but a little

1

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

29

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

14

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

2

summer vacation; summer holiday

2

the end

1

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

9

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

2

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

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farewell; send-off

1

to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

1

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

4

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

5

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

4

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

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

22

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

I; me

23

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

73

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

was; were

12

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

very easily

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

2

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

5

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

7

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.

19

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

2

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

7

why; how

2

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

10

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

2

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

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