jpdb beta

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

12

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

11

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

50

villager

2

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

2

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

54

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

and then; after that

1

paper money; note; bill

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

1

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

37

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

10

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

73

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

4

foolish; stupid; silly

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

2

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.

31

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

1

we; us

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

we; us

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

3

(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

2

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

village

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

6

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

3

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

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

5

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

8

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

4

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

8

seminar

2

lodging together; training camp; boarding house

1

just before

1

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

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1