Jiten beta

to hear ; to listen (e.g. to music) ; to ask; to enquire; to query ; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of ; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with ; to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to ; to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance) ; to taste (alcohol); to try

有楽

| x4 | Rank #95,019

Uraku

家(け)

| x4 | Rank #824

house; family

八(や)雲(くも)

| x41 | Rank #35,419

thick clouds ; classical Japanese poetry

の

| x298 | Rank #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

語(ご)

| x2 | Rank #6,209

word; term ; language ; speech

に

| x179 | 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

惚(ほ)れる

| x1 | Rank #4,922

to fall in love (with); to fall for; to become enamored (with); to be taken (with) ; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to be captivated (by); to be impressed (by); to admire ; to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)

女(おんな)

| x3 | Rank #276

woman; female ; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

太(た)郎(ろう)

| x1 | Rank #9,372

first son

なんとか

| x1 | Rank #2,114

something; something or other; so-and-so ; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

だに

| x1 | Rank #7,786

tick (Acari spp.); mite ; hoodlum; tough

わず

| x1 | Rank #4,135

was ; was just in; just left; just did

入(い)り

| x3 | Rank #2,117

entering; entrance; entry ; attendance; audience; number (of visitors, customers, etc.) ; containing ; income; earnings; takings ; expenses; expenditure ; setting (of the Sun or Moon) ; beginning (of the equinoctial week, midsummer, etc.); start; first day

する

| x25 | Rank #15

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

前(ぜん)座(ざ)

| x2 | Rank #22,013

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser ; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

しか

| x5 | Rank #169

nothing but; except; no more than

しける

| x1 | Rank #19,156

to be stormy or choppy (sea) ; to go through hard times; to be broke ; to be gloomy; to be glum

人(じん)

| x8 | Rank #262

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) ; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... ; man; person; people

Ｈ(エイチ)Ｐ(ピー)

| x1 | Rank #13,983

home page; web page; website ; horsepower; HP ; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.) ; hit point

助(じょ)

| x1 | Rank #32,786

help; rescue; assistant

穴(あな)

| x2 | Rank #1,510

hole; opening; orifice; perforation ; pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground) ; burrow; den; lair; holt; hole ; deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss ; gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening ; flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole ; good place not many people know about; well-kept secret ; upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse ; (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre) ; hiding place; hideout

落(おち)

| x6 | Rank #12,745

slip; omission ; upshot; denouement; outcome; final result ; punch line (of a joke)

帯(おび)

| x1 | Rank #5,840

obi (kimono sash) ; obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product) ; band; belt; strip ; cingulum ; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

取(と)りつく

| x1 | Rank #9,418

to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to ; to grapple ; to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake ; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt ; to obtain a clue; to get a lead

師(し)匠(しょう)

| x33 | Rank #3,745

master; teacher ; stable master

独(どく)演(えん)会(かい)

| x2 | Rank #66,837

(holding of) a solo recital or performance

とんだ

| x1 | Rank #3,284

unexpected; unlikely; strange ; terrible; awful; horrible; serious; outrageous ; very; extremely

へ

| x16 | Rank #78

to; towards; for

ま

| x1 | Rank #1,421

time; pause ; space ; room

を

| x109 | Rank #3

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.

やらかす

| x1 | Rank #5,283

to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to screw up ; to eat (up); to drink

使(し)用(よう)

| x1 | Rank #2,134

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

言(い)い放(はな)つ

| x1 | Rank #10,162

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

だが

| x2 | Rank #265

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

食(く)い下(さ)がる

| x1 | Rank #13,848

to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to ; to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose ; to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

つ

| x1 | Rank #1,878

indicates two contrasting actions ; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

約(やく)束(そく)

| x5 | Rank #449

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact ; appointment; engagement; date ; convention; rule ; destiny; fate

もちかける

| x1 | Rank #44,104

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

話(はな)す

| x2 | Rank #225

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat ; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss ; to speak (a language)

始(はじ)める

| x2 | Rank #330

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate ; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish ; to start ...; to begin to ...

助(すけ)六(ろく)

| x12 | Rank #74,019

inari and maki sushi served together

と

| x112 | Rank #6

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

噺(はなし)

| x1 | Rank #59,162

talk; speech; chat; conversation ; topic; subject ; discussions; negotiation; argument ; rumor; talk; hearsay ; tale; story; fable ; circumstances; particulars

で

| x48 | Rank #25

without doing ...

人(ひと)

| x24 | Rank #70

person; someone; somebody ; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans ; human (Homo sapiens) ; (other) people; others ; character; personality; nature ; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person ; adult; grown-up ; I; me; one

七(しち)

| x1 | Rank #3,091

seven

代(よ)

| x1 | Rank #1,988

world; society; public ; life; lifetime ; age; era; period; epoch; generation ; reign; rule ; the times ; world (of existence)

同(どう)日(じつ)

| x2 | Rank #23,014

the same day

人(にん)間(げん)

| x8 | Rank #199

human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind ; character (of a person)

なる

| x28 | Rank #40

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted

菊(きく)

| x2 | Rank #17,018

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

比(ひ)

| x2 | Rank #8,424

ratio; proportion ; match; equal; equivalent; comparison ; compared with ...; relative to ... ; Philippines ; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

雪(ゆき)

| x4 | Rank #2,232

snow; snowfall

初太郎

| x2 | Rank #111,996

Hatsutarō

名(な)

| x8 | Rank #518

name; given name ; title ; fame; renown; reputation ; pretext; pretense; justification; appearance

改(あらた)める

| x1 | Rank #5,262

to change; to alter; to revise; to replace ; to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve ; to examine; to check; to inspect ; to do properly; to do formally

この

| x23 | Rank #26

this ; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this ; you (as in "you liar")

高(こう)齢(れい)

| x1 | Rank #18,655

advanced age; old age

見(み)出(だ)す

| x1 | Rank #10,962

to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect ; to select; to pick out ; to look out (from the inside) ; to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

吉(きち)

| x3 | Rank #9,240

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness ; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

同(どう)時(じ)に

| x1 | Rank #1,175

at the same time; at once; simultaneously; concurrently ; just as ...; the moment ...; just after ... ; (but) at the same time; as well as; also; on the other hand

真(しん)打(うち)

| x3 | Rank #56,670

main performer; star performer; headliner ; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

昇(しょう)進(しん)

| x2 | Rank #10,972

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

人(にん)気(き)

| x1 | Rank #1,417

popularity; public favor ; condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature

落(らく)雷(らい)

| x4 | Rank #19,903

lightning strike; lightning bolt

へと

| x2 | Rank #1,292

to; towards; for

成(せい)長(ちょう)

| x1 | Rank #1,384

growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult ; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

口(こう)論(ろん)

| x1 | Rank #11,484

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

破(は)門(もん)

| x2 | Rank #22,326

expulsion (of a pupil) ; excommunication; anathema

振(ふ)る

| x1 | Rank #1,324

to wave; to shake; to swing ; to sprinkle; to throw (dice) ; to cast (actor); to allocate (work) ; to turn down (someone); to reject; to jilt; to dump ; to abandon; to give up; to ruin ; to add kana indicating a reading of a word ; to slightly change headings; to change directions ; to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct ; to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) ; to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic

みよ

| x2 | Rank #35,834

three temporal states of existence; past, present and future ; three generations

消(け)す

| x1 | Rank #840

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete ; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off ; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out ; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison) ; to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle ; to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

じき

| x4 | Rank #9,129

time; season; period; phase; stage

後(あと)

| x3 | Rank #270

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

独(ひと)り

| x2 | Rank #5,926

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

大菊

| x1 | Rank #213,388

Oogiku

地山

| x1 | Rank #152,949

Jizan ; Jiyama ; Chiyama

継(つ)ぐ

| x3 | Rank #2,403

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow ; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair ; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath)

ため

| x3 | Rank #174

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

田舎(いなか)

| x1 | Rank #3,071

rural area; countryside; the sticks ; hometown

温(おん)泉(せん)街(がい)

| x1 | Rank #38,202

hot spring district (within a town)

訪(たず)ねる

| x1 | Rank #2,816

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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