jpdb beta

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

2

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

17

to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

3

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

71

who

3

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

37

bitch; female dog

1

media

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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

105

registration; accession; register; entry; record

1

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

9

forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting

1

was; were

3

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

2

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

2

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

10

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

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

2

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

16

doomsday clock

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

45

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

funds; capital

1

the Communist camp

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

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

49

coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

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

47

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

3

cold war era

1

the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

1

birth; creation; formation

1

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

9

clock; watch; timepiece

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

7

to the end

1

time limit

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

4

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

morning; a.m.

1

to announce the time

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

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

3

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

3