jpdb beta

afterword; postscript

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

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

4

you; dear; honey

1

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

8

god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

1

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

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

11

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

1

purchase; buying

2

to the end; to the last

2

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

4

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

9

be; is

1

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

5

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

4

I; me

5

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

5

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

thank you

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

someone; somebody

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

3

to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

1

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

2

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

11

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

2

novel; story; (work of) fiction

2

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

1

Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)

2

website; web site

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

writing; authoring

3

experience

1

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

7

knowledge; information

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

2

reader

3

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

1

site; website

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

at that time; in those days

2

foreign; abroad; overseas

1