jpdb beta

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

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

4

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

12

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

fate; destiny; lot

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

2

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

be; is

3

what kind of; what sort of; what

20

state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

8

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

3

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

17

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

bread roll sandwich with croquette filling

2

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

5

four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

2

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

6

hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

7

The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

3

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

1

oh, yes?; really?

13

whether (or not); if

2

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

57

trifling; trivial; slight

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

2

not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned

5

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

20

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

14

joke; jest; funny story

5

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off

7

absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

14

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely

3

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

1

stepmother

2

Cinderella

6

sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

6

empty stomach; hunger

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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