jpdb beta

royal capital; imperial capital

10

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

175

already; too late

2

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

2

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

4

was; were

18

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

7

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

32

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

15

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

I; me

82

to moan; to groan

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

6

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

roar; howl; yell; bellow

1

over-all length; span

1

three; 3

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

5

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.

151

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

5

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

13

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

7

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

197

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

63

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

315

building

3

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

3

all; entire; whole; altogether

5

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

4

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

5

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

9

don't you think?; indicates question

6

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

2

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

2

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

21

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

18

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

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

138

to trample; to crush underfoot

5

one by one; one after another; successively

2

crushing to death

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

7

innumerable; countless; numberless

5

rubble; debris; wreckage

1

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

61

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

15

piece of meat; cut of meat

2