jpdb beta

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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piano

2

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

43

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

3

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

51

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

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

3

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

to possess; to haunt

1

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

19

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

3

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

8

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

5

evil spirit

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

3

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

6

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

1

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

12

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

10

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

5

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

10

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

5

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

11

music room

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

77

ghost story

3

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

55

settlement; solution; resolution

1

be; is

10

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

evening; night; dinner

2

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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.)

8

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

8

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

4

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

6

waste of time; killing time

1

was; were

6

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

1

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

3

tomorrow; near future

1

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

9