jpdb beta

rather; sooner; preferably

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

13

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

14

because

1

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

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

be; is

13

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

17

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

5

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

49

meow; miaow; cat

1

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

31

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

12

who

3

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

25

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

2

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

8

teacher (classroom)

1

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

14

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

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

51

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

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

30

Mr (junior); master; boy

4

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

6

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

11

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

1

unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

1

spirit world; underworld; the next world

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

119

person

1

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

3

such; like that; that sort of; very

2

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

7

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

2

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

1

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

61

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

2

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

3

how; in what way; how about

3

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

3

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

2

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

2

literary fragment; interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context

1

forty; 40

1

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

1