jpdb beta

afterword; postscript

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

2

one year; some time ago

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

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summer

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(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)

3

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

2

first; new

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

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

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otitis media; middle-ear infection

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.

14

to be ill; to suffer from

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

3

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

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

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

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

1

participation; joining; entry

1

swimming

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learning; study

1

classmate

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

2

return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

1

following year

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

4

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

2

that; those; the

2

despair; hopelessness

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

1

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

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

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider

1

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

1

be; is

2

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

1

water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

1

awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

1

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

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

2

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

2

and so; therefore; for that reason

1

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

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

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