jpdb beta

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

5

good morning

12

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of

21

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

155

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

2

be; is; isn't it?

61

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

6

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

4

private affairs; personal matter

1

Kikujirō

2

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

134

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

12

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

4

house; family

2

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

99

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

society; the world; the times

2

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

2

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

2

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

5

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

14

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

our

1

should do; ought to do; must do

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

troublesome; annoying; complicated

1

samurai; warrior

2

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

4

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.

110

at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant

1

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

2

to collect; to assemble; to gather

6

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

16

be; is

9

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate

5

however; but

1

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

2

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

3

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

3

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

2

to become; to be

3

adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)

7

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

1