jpdb beta

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

43

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

2

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

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

2

myself; yourself; I; me; you

1

desire; appetite; lust

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

14

older brother; elder brother

1

perfect; complete

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

2

castle

4

to lure someone; to entice someone

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

4

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

4

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

3

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

I; me

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

7

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

15

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

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

4

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

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

14

but; however; although

6

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

I; me

1

to escape; to run away

2

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

3

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

4

coral

6

suffix for familiar person

5

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

2

amber

6

Mr (junior); master; boy

10

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1