jpdb beta

dusk; twilight

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

3830

curtain; hanging; bunting

1

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

2280

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

3

sidewalk café; footpath café

2

autumn; fall

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

2

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.

2768

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

791

in the face of; in defiance of

1

small; little; tiny

10

bakery; baker; pastry shop

4

two

11

only; nothing but

34

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

303

table

6

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

28

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

2382

to encamp; to take up positions

2

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

40

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln

33

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

33

senior high school; high school

22

uniform

4

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

7

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

107

cake

16

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

16

sponge cake

1

cream; ice cream

4

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

1182

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

2

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

Japan

10

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

standard

2

shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

3

sponge

1

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

8

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

61

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

320

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

661

plastic

1

spoon

1

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

830

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

1

to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

1