jpdb beta

year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

2

was; were

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

2

cage; pen; (jail) cell

3

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

9

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

2

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

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

24

to do so; to do thus

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

3

to lie down (and rest)

1

(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

child

2

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

9

was

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

who

2

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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

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

1

Friday

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club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

2

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

1

woman; female; feminine gender

2

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

4

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

3

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

4

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

3

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

5

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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indicates question

3