jpdb beta

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

3

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

53

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.)

16

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

10

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

20

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

4

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

10

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

1

however; but

2

incorrigible; dogged

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

4

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

3

new; fresh; novel

1

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

41

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

5

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

21

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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.

46

to experience

1

ah; oh; hey!

14

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

3

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

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

21

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

32

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

6

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

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

7

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

4

personal; individual; private

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

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

4

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

4

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

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

2

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

34

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

7

such; like that; that sort of; very

2

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

2

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

54

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

2

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

5

business trip; official trip

5

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

4

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

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

9