jpdb beta

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

4

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

4

first year of high school; first-year high school student

1

really; truly

3

(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)

1

queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

shop manager

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

personal computer; PC

1

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

indicates question

2

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...

3

checking one's e-mail

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

5

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

4

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

1

email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male

2

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

1

be; is

2

Spam (canned luncheon meat); spam (unsolicited email messages)

1

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

4

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

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

2

fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

2

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

4

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

6

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

12

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

15

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

3

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

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

1

all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking

2

to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession

2

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

2