jpdb beta

erica; heath

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

yay

1

one's (own) house; one's (own) home

1

how; in what way; how about

5

to be photographed; to be projected

1

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

1

then; well; so; well then

4

I; me

2

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

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

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to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

8

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

6

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

5

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

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

2

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.)

13

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

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but; however; although

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

3

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

5

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

2

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

3

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

but; however; although

4

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

2

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

3

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

1

at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

3

fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

3

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

15

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

2

older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

2

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

126

state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication

2

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

48

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

3

meaning; called; said

3

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

19

bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk

2

was

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

2

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

4

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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