jpdb beta

Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK

1

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

1

nineteen; 19

1

eight; 8

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)

1

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

1

(finger) ring

1

next; secondly; subsequently

1

second place

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

3

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

5

anecdote; story; episode

1

various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

5

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

masseuse; masseur

1

but; however; although

1

music

1

dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

1

guitar

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

2

be; is

5

younger days; youth

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

1

snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

1

mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

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

3

favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

two persons; two people; pair; couple

1

(romantic) love

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

1

later (on); afterwards

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

2

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

2