jpdb beta

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

2

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

smuggling; contraband trade

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

1

never ceasing; never ending

1

control; management; supervision

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

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

19

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

41

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)

2

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

12

to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban

2

person

9

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

6

government official

1

however; but

5

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass

3

to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

30

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

8

to; towards; for

8

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

11

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

4

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings

2

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

5

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

36

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

26

why; how; for what reason

4

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

8

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

30

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

8

indicates question

2

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

origin; beginning; start

1

be; is

4

now; the present time; just now; another; more

3

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

7

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

to do

3

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

6

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

7

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

12

soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma

1