jpdb beta

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

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

22

adds force or indicates command

3

both (people)

2

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

8

school

1

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

30

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

92

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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

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

30

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

3

skirt

2

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.

61

to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)

1

scavenging for food

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.)

14

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

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

26

middle of the night; dead of night

1

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

62

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

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

26

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

3

mother

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

ah; oh; hey!

12

sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

7

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

11

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

1

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

5

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

2

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

9

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

1

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

59

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

3

educational institution; school; academy; campus

9

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

1

game

21

original story; original version; this volume

1

start

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

3