jpdb beta

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

5

boy; man; male

1

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

27

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

5

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

8

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

12

queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)

4

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

3

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

1

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

30

four

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)

1

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

4

dark horse

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

14

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

86

thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood

1

be; is

9

how; in what way; how about

5

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.)

12

that; those; the

12

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

1

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of

14

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

8

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

4

honorific/polite/humble prefix

3

Tokyo

4

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)

1

to want; to desire

1

lamp chimney

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

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

38

successive championships

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...

4

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

7

to guarantee

1

you

2

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

3

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

new; unused; new

2