jpdb beta

ghost story

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

to; towards; for

1

welcome!; nice to see you!

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

1

manager; executive

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

68

be; is

4

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

13

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

45

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

body hair

1

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

11

to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

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.

32

please look at it

1

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

2

special make; deluxe

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

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

24

liver paste

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

5

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare

10

then; well; so; be; is

7

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

corpse; dead person

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

1

home cooking

1

return; welcome home

5

you; dear; honey

12

dessert; desert

4

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

to do

1

royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern

2

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

29

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

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

2

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

3

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

2

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

4

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

2

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

8

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

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

5