jpdb beta

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)

1

kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone

1

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.

15

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

5

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

man

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

10

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

22

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

1

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

13

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

2

roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing

4

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

3

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

41

every day; daily

1

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

23

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

4

people

1

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

18

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

2

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

6

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

13

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

2

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

5

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

1

half a year; six months

1

back (of the body)

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

8

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

raging fire; conflagration

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

8

sound of a gunshot; report of a gun

2

groan; moan; moaning

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

4

gale; violent (strong) wind

1

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

1

deep crimson

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

1

with a sudden rush; in a mad rush; all at once

1

sound of an explosion

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

1

Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)

2

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

2

time; hour; period; class

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

2

look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

4

(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

1