jpdb beta

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

23

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

3

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

7

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

5

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

4

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

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

6

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

26

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

13

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

5

sour; acid

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

I; me

22

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

29

myself; yourself; I; me; you

1

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

1

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

2

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

27

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

12

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

5

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

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

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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

41

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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.

12

oneself; one's body

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

2

easily

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

14

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

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

7

elitism

1

that's the way it is; such is life

1

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

3

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

38

elite

2

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

3

who

2

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

24

meaning; called; said

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

2