jpdb beta

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

27

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

confrontation; showdown

1

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

2

to come to an end; to close the curtain

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

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.

5

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

(naval) fleet; armada

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

sea; ocean; waters

1

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

3

Germany

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

to; towards; for

1

detour; roundabout way

1

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.)

4

form; method; system; formula

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

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

2

was

1

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

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

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

7

brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

2

horizon (related to bodies of water)

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

be; is

12

snow; snowfall

1

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

2

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

1

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding

3

older sister; elder sister

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

1

cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

2

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

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

to catch a cold

1