jpdb beta

I; me; you; manservant

7

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

121

until now; so far; up to the present

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

13

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

bus hijacking

10

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

222

offender; criminal; culprit

5

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

105

hostage

4

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

98

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

4

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.

55

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)

2

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

8

however; but

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

9

bus

4

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

3

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

43

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

we

3

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

27

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

4

one month

1

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

3

to pass (of time); to elapse

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

9

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

to be almost finished

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

10

again; once more; a second time

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

3

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

46

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

100

money; metal

13

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

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

68

you

14

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

9

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

18

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

6

100,000,000; one hundred million

2

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

32

but; however; although

14

only; merely; but; no more than

1

5,000,000; five million

2

was; were

22