jpdb beta

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

10

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

77

originally; by nature; from the start

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

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

60

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

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

24

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

5

honorific/polite/humble prefix

33

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

3

suffix for familiar person

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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

124

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

1

Ginzou

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

work; job; labor; work

3

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 lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

1

clouds and fog

13

Nizaemon

4

immediately; promptly

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

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

74

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

1

regret; repentance; remorse

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

6

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

17

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

1

sense; infer

1

Abeshikibu

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

to await; to expect

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

1

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

15

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

thief; robber

3

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

4

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

one party; one faction; one clique

3

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

1