jpdb beta

retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

1

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

4

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

6

female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)

4

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

uniform

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

10

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

3

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

1

-ish; -like

3

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

2

was; were

2

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

4

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

27

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

7

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

ah; oh; hey!

6

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

3

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

10

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

3

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

plan; idea; design; plot

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

7

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

2

rank; standing

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

2

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

3

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

11

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

6

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

8

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

2

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

8

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

8

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

sure; yeah; I know

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

1

novel; (short) story

8

magazine

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

4