jpdb beta

uncle

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mysterious death

2

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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

5

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

2

(a) few; some; several

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

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

10

even

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

how much; how many; to what extent

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

don't you think?; indicates question

3

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

2

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

2

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

thought; consideration; thinking

3

to come to one's senses; to calm down

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

2

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

2

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

2

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

1

to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

7

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

6

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

1

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

10

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

5

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

11

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much

1

no

3

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

4

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

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

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I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

2

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

2

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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