jpdb beta

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

6

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

4

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

28

Nana

21

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

25

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

31

to say; to be called; to do

7

Sachi

4

you; dear; honey

3

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

117

well-mannered; courteous

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

8

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

1

samurai; warrior; military family

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

5

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.

63

to feel; to sense; to experience

1

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

7

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

3

have a good day; take care; see you

1

I; me

17

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

69

Akamura

2

farmer; peasant; farming; the common people

2

be; is

5

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

5

in and about a kitchen; family circumstances

1

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

1

reform proposal

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

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

10

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

53

to be

7

traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

1

middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

3

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

11

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

6

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

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

19

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

2

retort; back talk; backchat

1

is not; am not; are not

3

that; those; the

9

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

6

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

1