jpdb beta

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

5

bay; gulf; inlet

3

be; is

3

consequence; outcome; result; blame

3

Japan

4

rule; reign; government; governing

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

4

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

pre-war days; before the war

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

2

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

2

one's home country; one's homeland

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

3

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

2

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

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

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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)

3

yellow

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

1

food texture; mouthfeel

2

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

5

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

6

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

smiling face; smile

13

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

11

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

5

relative; relation; kin

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

2

however; but

1

a few years later

1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

2

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

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

1

to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

2

each; respectively

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

3

tofu pudding; soybean pudding

2

soy milk

1