jpdb beta

several tens

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

6

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

6

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

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

25

store interior; inside of a shop

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

you

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

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

56

work; job; labor; work

4

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

4

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

25

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

2

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

120

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

parent and child

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

arriving on an island

15

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

2

indicates question

4

Youko

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

6

France

11

embassy

2

sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

1

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

4

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

84

triumphant return; returning in triumph

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

3

arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

2

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

8

rare

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

4

to return; to come back

2

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

1

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

3

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

2

notice; attention; observation

1

young person

1

hope; white hope; person of promise

1

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

if it's the case

3

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

2

Japan

10