Jiten beta

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

日(にち)

x6 | Rank #1,074

Sunday ; nth day (of the month) ; counter for days ; Japan

１１月

x4 | Rank #2,993

November ; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

２４日

x1 | Rank #9,714

24th day of the month ; 24 days

木(もく)曜(よう)日(び)

x1 | Rank #17,946

Thursday

雑(ざっ)誌(し)

x2 | Rank #2,375

magazine; journal; periodical

秋(あき)田(た)書(しょ)店(てん)

x4 | Rank #26,748

Akita Shoten (publisher)

定(てい)価(か)

x2 | Rank #4,453

list price; regular price; established price

本(ほん)体(たい)

x2 | Rank #2,727

substance; true form; true character ; main part; main unit; body (of a machine) ; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) ; noumenon ; base price; pre-tax price

円(えん)

x3 | Rank #524

yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle

十(じゅう)

x4 | Rank #1,161

ten; 10 ; ten years of age ; book containing a collection of poems

税(ぜい)

x2 | Rank #7,264

tax

江(え)戸(ど)時(じ)代(だい)

x2 | Rank #15,753

Edo period (1603-1868)

初(しょ)頭(とう)

x2 | Rank #44,176

beginning (of a century, etc.)

城(じょう)内(ない)

x2 | Rank #11,756

inside of a castle ; area surrounded by castle walls

天(てん)下(か)

x4 | Rank #4,243

the whole world ; the whole country ; society; the public ; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power ; having one's own way; doing as one pleases ; peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous ; shogun (Edo period)

法(はっ)度(と)

x2 | Rank #42,841

ban; prohibition; taboo; something forbidden ; law; ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)

に

x147 | Rank #5

at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although

そむく

x2 | Rank #56,392

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

挙(きょ)行(こう)

x2 | Rank #99,496

celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation

真(しん)剣(けん)

x7 | Rank #2,255

serious; earnest ; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

その

x14 | Rank #28

that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...

第(だい)１(いち)

x2 | Rank #1,918

first; foremost; number one ; most important ; best; greatest; most ; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with

試(し)合(あい)

x6 | Rank #836

match; game; bout; contest

する

x32 | Rank #18

to do; to carry out; to perform ; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) ; to serve as; to act as; to work as ; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ; to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as ; to decide on; to choose ; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ; to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ; to be worth; to cost ; to pass (of time); to elapse

は

x125 | Rank #2

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

恐(おそ)る

x2 | Rank #5,926

to fear; to be afraid

べき

x3 | Rank #302

should; must; ought to

因(いん)果(が)

x2 | Rank #10,526

cause and effect; causality ; karma; fate ; unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated

果(は)て

x2 | Rank #5,482

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

対(たい)峙(じ)

x3 | Rank #7,889

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other ; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against; holding one's own with

２(ふた)人(り)

x2 | Rank #254

two persons; two people; pair; couple

剣(けん)鬼(き)

x2 | Rank #30,985

Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)

で

x39 | Rank #25

without doing ...

ある

x17 | Rank #36

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about

時(じ)代(だい)小(しょう)説(せつ)

x2 | Rank #71,424

historical novel

界(さかい)

x2 | Rank #2,319

border; boundary ; turning point; watershed ; area; region; spot; space; environment ; psychological state; mental state ; cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind

最(さい)後(ご)

x2 | Rank #326

end; conclusion ; last; final; latest; most recent ; no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) ; one's final moments

巨(きょ)人(じん)

x2 | Rank #3,322

giant; great man ; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

が

x121 | Rank #4

indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn

産(う)み落(お)とす

x2 | Rank #44,256

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

禁(きん)断(だん)

x3 | Rank #12,735

prohibition; interdiction ; forbidden; prohibited

小(しょう)説(せつ)

x6 | Rank #2,481

novel; story; (work of) fiction

異(い)能(のう)

x2 | Rank #7,342

unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

挑(いど)む

x2 | Rank #2,967

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

残(ざん)酷(こく)

x19 | Rank #5,736

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

無(む)惨(ざん)

x2 | Rank #21,744

cruel; merciless; atrocious; ruthless; cold-blooded ; pitiful; tragic; horrible; miserable ; breaking a precept without shame

時(じ)代(だい)劇(げき)

x4 | Rank #17,981

historical play; period drama

開(かい)幕(まく)

x2 | Rank #13,859

raising the curtain ; opening (of an event); start; beginning

それ

x13 | Rank #26

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

少(しょう)年(ねん)

x2 | Rank #928

boy ; juvenile; child

か

x26 | Rank #9

indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

くる

x3 | Rank #63

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

また

x4 | Rank #105

again; once more; once again; another time; some other time ; also; too; as well; likewise ; on the other hand; while ; and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore ; or; otherwise ; really; how; (what, why) on earth ; indirect

震(ふる)わせる

x1 | Rank #4,619

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

新(しん)世(せ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #42,216

new-generation

コミ

x1 | Rank #30,698

including ...; inclusive of ... ; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together ; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second

チャンピオン

x1 | Rank #5,990

champion

コミックス

x1 | Rank #3,154

comics

こいこい

x1 | Rank #42,155

koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi

巻(まき)

x6 | Rank #643

roll (e.g. of cloth) ; winding (e.g. watch) ; volume (of book) ; speeding up ; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

や

x2 | Rank #72

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

ヶ[か]月(げつ)

x1 | Rank #4,590

counter for months

もりしげ

x3 | Rank #129,248

Morishige

岡田

x2 | Rank #13,565

Okada ; Sonoda ; Nakakura

新(しん)人(じん)

x1 | Rank #3,161

newcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie; new talent; new star ; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens