jpdb beta

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

5

four years

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

2

(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs

3

every year; yearly; annually

1

autumn; fall

3

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

12

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

3

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

13

to concern; to be related

12

public opinion poll

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every time; each round

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

4

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

6

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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

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item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry

4

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

3

means; way; measure

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

4

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

2

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

5

until now; so far; up to the present

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

2

five; 5

4

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

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eight; 8

2

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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this time; now

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

zero; nought

3

nine; 9

2

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

3

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

2

that is to say; so that means

2

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

3

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

11

mother-in-law

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

1