jpdb beta

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

4

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

22

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

16

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

30

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

5

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

253

middle of the night; dead of night

6

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

9

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

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

13

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

27

two o'clock

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

289

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

353

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

53

period of time; time slot; time zone

3

air temperature

3

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

94

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

17

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

6

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

5

Christmas

7

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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

50

contrastive

4

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

101

south

6

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

142

to fall asleep

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

one's house; one's home; one's family

1

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

115

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

2

late at night

2

snow; snowfall

20

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

7

emptiness; vacuum; blank

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

10

to pretend

3

while; during; while; although; all; both

33

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

26

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

41

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

119

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

8

light; right; right field; right fielder

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

22

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

26

one; one

1

gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

9