jpdb beta

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

12

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

afterword; postscript

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

5

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

22

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

midfielder (soccer); medium frequency; MF; manual focus; microfinance

1

library; book collection; paperback book

1

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

34

Misaka

1

editor-in-chief

1

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

12

honorific/polite/humble prefix

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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.)

6

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

1

middle and high-school students

1

children

1

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

15

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

1

time; hour; period; class

1

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

7

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.

19

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

6

to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

1

to be the case that

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

1

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

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

11

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

4

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

2

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

5

hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1

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

5

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

1

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

4

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

1

is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

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

1