jpdb beta

winter

2

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

1

three people

3

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

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

38

(romantic) love

2

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

37

work; job; labor; work

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

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

5

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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

67

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

1

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

18

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

youth; springtime of life; adolescent

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.

23

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

1

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

44

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

3

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

9

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

14

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

6

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

2

Taki Rentarou (1879.8.24-1903.6.29)

4

posthumous works

1

be; is

17

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

1

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

2

complete change; about-face

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

melody; tune

1

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

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

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

11

I; me

12

student days

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1