jpdb beta

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

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

1

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

1

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

73

space; room; airspace

2

zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

2

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

3

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

10

natural calamity; disaster

1

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

58

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

intention; aim; design

2

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

11

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.

48

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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

70

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

1

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.)

23

life-form

1

spirit; soul; ghost

7

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

15

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

3

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

4

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

9

existence; being

1

even

1

hiding; concealment

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

3

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

6

I; me

17

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

6

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

4

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

chivalry; samurai code

39

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

to be needed; to be wanted

1

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

28

look, look!

1

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

1

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

8

foolish question

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

3

be; is

10

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

2

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

7

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

4