jpdb beta

honorific/polite/humble prefix

2

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

4

ah; oh; hey!

10

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

7

in this way; thus; such; uh...

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.)

8

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

1

first (of its kind) in Japan

1

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

62

domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

32

birth; creation; formation

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

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

3

autumn breeze; fall breeze

3

just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp

1

good morning

1

society; the world; the times

1

dream

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.

29

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

1

to repeat; to do something over again

1

steam; vapour; vapor

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

2

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

melody; chime

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

singing voice; (sound of) singing

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

6

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

1

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

1

speaking voice; talking voice

1

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

2

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

34

monaural; monophonic; mono

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

2

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

sound of rainfall

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

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

31

blue sky

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

1