jpdb beta

refinement; elegance; grace

21

pear blossoms

8

suffix for familiar person

12

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

6

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

9

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

3

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

77

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

4

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

14

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

12

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

indicates question

4

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

6

trading company employee

1

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

177

Mr (junior); master; boy

20

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

31

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

12

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

27

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

7

child

5

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

15

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

20

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

46

to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

16

husband

1

father

4

family; members of a family

2

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

11

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

21

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

44

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

9

pregnancy; conception; gestation

1

week

2

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

18

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

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

14

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

58

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

17

Japan

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

10

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

1