jpdb beta

Kubozuka

2

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

2

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

4

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)

15

we; us

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

94

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

15

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.

12

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

Japanese person

6

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

9

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

93

police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody

9

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

8

Immigration Bureau

1

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

3

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

1

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

26

xenophobia; exclusion (of foreigners)

2

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

3

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

12

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

15

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

47

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

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

21

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

1

in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

7

the other day; lately; recently

1

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

19

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

that; those; the

4

kidney

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

was; were

1

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

12

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

1

meaning; significance; sense

1

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

6

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

13

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

7

man; male; masculine gender

6

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

1

boycott

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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