jpdb beta

excursion; field trip; school trip

3

indicates question

3

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

1

school

3

be; is

11

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

12

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

4

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

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

53

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

2

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

26

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

2

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

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

57

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

4

a period (of time)

1

I; me

4

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

16

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

1

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

8

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

3

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

22

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

10

father

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

86

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

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

24

Japan

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

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

9

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

1

children

1

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

10

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

base (military, expedition, etc.)

3

inside; within

2

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

but; however; although

6

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

6

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

2

is not; am not; are not

2

and then; after that

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

2

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

36

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

2

soviet; Soviet Union

1

scarce; rare

1