jpdb beta

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

1

autumn; fall

4

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

16

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

love song; love poem

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

8

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

holidays; vacation

14

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

tee-hee

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

2

be; is

2

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

11

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

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

32

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

5

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

2

isn't that right?

4

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

2

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

5

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

22

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

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

14

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

1

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

32

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

1

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

4

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

12

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

autumn festival; fall festival

11

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

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

7

how; in what way; how about

4

seasonal word (in haiku)

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

14

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

1

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

2

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

10

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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

61

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

1

was; were

5

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

12

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1