jpdb beta

investment

6

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

3

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

103

duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

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.

40

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

educational institution; school; academy; campus

1

originator; founder

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

13

three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)

1

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

51

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

10

real estate

1

confrontation; showdown

2

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

43

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

69

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

2

second

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

large amount of money; great cost

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

8

moment; second; instant

1

to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

1

one's last moments; hour of death

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

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

1

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

5

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2

he; him; boyfriend

3

danger; peril; hazard; risk

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

3

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

12

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

adds force or indicates command

3

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

5

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

1