jpdb beta

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

7

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

4

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

2

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

2

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

80

two persons; two people; pair; couple

7

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

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

143

spring water; clear (pure) water

1

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

78

(pitcher's) mound; mound

1

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

75

to the end; to the last

1

lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede

1

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.

58

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

best

1

advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

1

be; is

35

this time; now

2

marriage proposal; marriage talks

7

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

20

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

6

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

44

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

56

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

3

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

10

self-satisfaction; rejoicing

12

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

3

wife

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

6

difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty

1

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)

1

be; is

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

2

be; is

32

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse

6

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

2

suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

1

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

1

composer

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

2

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

3

Kyūzou

3

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1