jpdb beta

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

1

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

3

someone; somebody

1

together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

3

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

2

bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

3

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

39

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

8

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

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

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

1

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

8

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

38

living by oneself; living alone

7

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

2

as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to

3

daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

university student; college student

1

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

1

winter

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.

17

we; us

4

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

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

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

12

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

11

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

2

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

3

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

8

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1

father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

1

uncle

1

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

8

old friend; old pal

1

home area; home town; local

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

second marriage; remarriage

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

5

aunt

10

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

44

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

9

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

2

attendance; presence; appearance

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

3

(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental

2

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

3

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1