jpdb beta

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

32

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

2

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

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

60

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

be; is

21

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

7

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober

1

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

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

13

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

6

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

125

Yuika

43

fortune-telling; divination

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

8

isn't that right?

7

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

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.

48

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

2

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

7

Cinderella

9

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

Sayuki

4

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

27

suffix for familiar person

17

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

(silk) gauze

1

snow; snowfall

1

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

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

63

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

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.)

20

again (and again); once again; yet again

1

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

10

to remain; to be left

3

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

82

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

3

evidence; proof

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

11

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1