jpdb beta

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

6

modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)

1

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

5

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

56

excuse; explanation

6

myself; yourself; I; me; you

100

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

5

between times; when there's a spare moment

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

5

indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

5

next month

1

National Center Test for University Admissions

1

student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker

5

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 ...

34

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

22

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

31

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

116

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

2

reading (books)

2

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

9

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

5

was; were

85

it may be because

4

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

10

book; publication

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

7

to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

26

that; those; the

33

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

13

literature

11

liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

27

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

1

influence; effect; impact

6

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

therefore; consequently

6

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

9

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

24

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

5

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

33

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

12

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

5

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

17

for example; for instance; e.g.

12

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

38

I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

1

moon over a mountain

2

account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

2

such ... as; or some such

5