jpdb beta

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

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

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returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

1

I; me

2

school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

interval; break; pause; spare moment

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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

15

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

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

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

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

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

5

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

12

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

11

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

7

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

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

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

10

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

2

four

2

soul; spirit

2

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

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.

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

travel; trip; journey

2

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

father

1

mother

1

this evening; tonight

2

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

14

parting; farewell

1

be; is

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

3

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

8

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

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

8