jpdb beta

actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage

26

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

3

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

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.

122

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

4

all; everyone; everybody

2

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

congratulations

4

this year

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

177

sports event

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

9

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

1

all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships

1

corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse

7

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

3

nine o'clock

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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

4

site; point on a map; spot

3

New Year

2

just before

2

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

105

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

starting pistol; starter pistol

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.)

31

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

3

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

again; once more; a second time

1

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

15

Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)

1

government office; agency; board

1

goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

2

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

1

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

6

counter for people

3

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

65

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

8

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

2

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

4