jpdb beta

staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

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

4

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

self-introduction

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.

16

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

sugar

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

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

6

to say; to be called; to do

1

Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)

1

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

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

42

-years-old

1

be; is

2

I; me

2

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

23

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

8

(one's) life

2

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

14

to fall in love

2

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

1

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

4

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

36

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

1

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.)

3

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

1

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

5

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

in the same way as; just like

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

4

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

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

4

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

5

physique; constitution

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

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

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

2

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

2

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

2

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

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

3