jpdb beta

birthday

2

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

1

elder sister; older female friend

14

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

3

castle

2

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

3

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

9

meal; dinner; diet

2

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

5

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

5

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

10

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

isn't that right?

5

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

2

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

6

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

was; were

1

that; those; the

4

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

2

belly; abdomen; stomach

9

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

29

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

6

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

9

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

3

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

12

cooked rice; meal

4

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

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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

28

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

5

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

2

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

16

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

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

11

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

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

7

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

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

9

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

2

fish

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

9

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

2

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

8

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

5