jpdb beta

ghost story

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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to; towards; for

2

welcome!; nice to see you!

1

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

3

manager; executive

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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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be; is

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

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

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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raincoat

2

plate; dish

1

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

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to get dry

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hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

1

menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

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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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please look at it

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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oracle; revelation; divine message

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

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

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special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

4

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

2

evil spirit (that can possess people)

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

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

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

4

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

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antiquity; the previous era

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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taste; flavor; flavour

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

rebirth; reincarnation

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take-out; take-away; carry-out

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

3

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

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

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

in that way; thus; so; so?

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dessert; desert

2

(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

very popular; highly favoured

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milk

2

full; in plenty; ample

1