jpdb beta

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

73

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

5

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

34

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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.

36

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

3

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

2

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

2

I; me

11

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

9

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

20

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

2

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

7

to this extent; to this degree; this much

1

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

11

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

20

good grief

1

that; those; the

14

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

to have the nerve to

2

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

1

to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

2

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

3

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

diary; journal

4

ability; faculty

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

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

69

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

owner

1

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

17

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

confrontation; showdown

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

however; but

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

was; were

5

bulletproof; bombproof

2

ability; performance; efficiency

2

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

1

burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

ah; oh; hey!

8

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation

1

fate; destiny; lot

1