jpdb beta

to love

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

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

10

emperor (of Japan); mikado

1

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

35

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

3

my; our; one's own

3

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

3

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

63

invasion

3

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.

28

decision; determination

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

1

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

19

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)

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

3

antiquity; ancient times

2

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

54

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

2

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

3

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

2

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

2

to become; to amount to

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

fumbling; groping

1

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

11

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

form; shape; figure; visage

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

3

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

4

however

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

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

15

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

4

the end

1

evening; night; dinner

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

to walk

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

1

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

45

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

despair; hopelessness

1