jpdb beta

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

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

5

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

18

noodle making

1

counter for places

1

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

1

rice field

1

branch office; branch store

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

self-service

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.

16

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

11

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

24

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

11

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

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

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

40

making efficient; optimization

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

2

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

1

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

8

however; but

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier

2

eccentric; crank; oddball

1

shop manager

7

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

16

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

1

ridiculous; odd

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

to; towards; for

3

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

2

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

10

four people

4

honorific/polite/humble prefix

10

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

to do

6

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

2

thank you

4

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

8

morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering

1

outside of; not covered by

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

3

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

20

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

1