jpdb beta

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

2

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

8

suffix for familiar person

19

was

2

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

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

15

(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly

1

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

3

someone; somebody

1

to love

1

uncle

1

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

1

to be heart-warming

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

34

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

35

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

3

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

2

I; me

11

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

loveable; very likeable; like very much

2

breathing of a sleeping person

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

2

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

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

8

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

10

please (give me); please (do for me)

4

surgical sterilization; contraceptive operation

1

that; those; the

4

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

6

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

3

don't you think?; indicates question

2

that's so, isn't it

1

had better ...; had better not ...

2

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

1

surely; certainly

1

rare; seldom

1

mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut

2

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

4

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

3

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

9

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

1

irresponsibility

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3