jpdb beta

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

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

23

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

6

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

133

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

19

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

10

well-known; famous

1

three people

15

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

292

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

6

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

187

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

19

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

8

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

1

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

184

60th birthday

5

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.

97

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

2

old man; old geezer

40

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

22

then; well; so; be; is

37

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

2

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

94

retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

9

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

9

was

12

honorific/polite/humble prefix

16

birthday

4

congratulations

3

having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)

1

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

27

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

73

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.)

77

frown; scowl; grimace

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

9

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

2

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

2

master; expert

1

Shigeo

2

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

41

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

2

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

63

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

15

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

223

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

10

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

6