Barakamon - Volume 2 - Vocabulary

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

近(きん)所(じょ)

x2 | Rank #3,603

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

の

x272 | 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

子(こ)ども

x2 | Rank #1,566

child; children

たまり場(ば)

x1 | Rank #34,326

gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out

で

x93 | Rank #10

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

になう

x1 | Rank #78,707

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear ; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

変(へん)

x2 | Rank #504

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy ; unexpected ; change ; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; emergency ; flat

噂(うわさ)

x1 | Rank #1,183

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

一(いち)日(にち)

x1 | Rank #2,887

one day ; all day (long); the whole day; from morning till night ; first day of the month

村(むら)

x11 | Rank #650

village

中(ちゅう)

x3 | Rank #320

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China

ちゅう

x2 | Rank #15,684

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China

に

x201 | 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

慣(な)れる

x2 | Rank #1,280

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with ; to become skilled in; to become experienced at ; to become tame; to become domesticated ; to get used to doing

田舎(いなか)暮(ぐ)らし

x1 | Rank #66,022

country living; life in the country; country life

若(わか)き

x1 | Rank #11,317

young person; youth ; young

道(どう)家(か)

x1 | Rank #56,822

Taoist

ついに

x1 | Rank #1,069

finally; in the end; at last ; in the end; after all; never (happened)

倒(たお)れる

x2 | Rank #1,326

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple ; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away ; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork) ; to die; to be killed ; to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under ; to be defeated (in a game); to lose ; to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

都(と)会(かい)

x2 | Rank #6,106

city ; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

育(そだ)ち

x1 | Rank #10,111

growth; breeding ; growing up (in, as); upbringing

ほんの少(すこ)し

x1 | Rank #4,457

just a little

素(す)直(なお)

x1 | Rank #1,309

obedient; meek; docile; unaffected ; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings) ; straight (e.g. hair) ; without peculiarity; without mannerisms; standard; neat (e.g. handwriting)

なる

x3 | Rank #631

to bear fruit

な

x100 | Rank #32

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

第(だい)２(に)

x1 | Rank #2,404

second

巻(まき)

x2 | Rank #643

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

くる

x11 | 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 ...")

すぎる

x4 | Rank #380

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond ; to pass (of time); to elapse ; to have expired; to have ended; to be over ; to exceed; to surpass; to be above ; to be no more than ... ; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

人(ひと)たち

x2 | Rank #864

people

繰(く)り広(ひろ)げる

x1 | Rank #7,061

to unfold; to unroll; to open

雑(ざっ)誌(し)

x1 | Rank #2,375

magazine; journal; periodical

定(てい)価(か)

x2 | Rank #4,453

list price; regular price; established price

本(ほん)体(たい)

x1 | 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

税(ぜい)

x1 | Rank #7,264

tax

これ

x6 | Rank #33

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

悪(わる)い

x8 | Rank #216

bad; poor; undesirable ; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient ; evil; sinful ; ugly; not beautiful ; at fault; to blame; in the wrong ; bad (at doing something) ; unprofitable; unbeneficial ; sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

わるい

x1 | Rank #9,229

bad; poor; undesirable ; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient ; evil; sinful ; ugly; not beautiful ; at fault; to blame; in the wrong ; bad (at doing something) ; unprofitable; unbeneficial ; sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

ばら

x7 | Rank #20,647

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

か

x130 | 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

でも

x14 | Rank #39

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

を

x125 | 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.

くら

x1 | Rank #6,410

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator

女(じょ)性(せい)

x2 | Rank #563

woman; female ; feminine gender

と

x85 | Rank #6

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

ま

x5 | Rank #267

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!

ある

x12 | Rank #36

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

こう

x3 | Rank #209

in this way; like this; so; thus ; this (much); so ; uh; er; mm; well

いう

x3 | Rank #158

to say; to utter; to declare ; to name; to call ; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

は

x186 | Rank #2

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

いや

x4 | Rank #76

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant ; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome ; no!; quit it!; stop!

ら

x7 | Rank #412

pluralizing suffix ; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc. ; nominalizing suffix

ビッグ

x1 | Rank #6,553

big

半(はん)身(しん)

x1 | Rank #6,504

half the body; half length

体(からだ)

x3 | Rank #240

body ; torso; trunk ; build; physique; frame; figure ; health; constitution

決(き)まる

x2 | Rank #617

to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged ; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set ; to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge ; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch) ; to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo) ; to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

する

x34 | 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

か

x3 | Rank #2,868

acceptable; satisfactory; allowed; permitted ; approval; being in favour; (a) vote in favour; aye ; Pass (grade); Fair; C; D

方(ほう)言(げん)

x1 | Rank #25,998

dialect; provincialism

協(きょう)力(りょく)

x2 | Rank #1,152

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

母(はは)

x2 | Rank #680

mother

奥(おく)さん

x1 | Rank #1,358

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

ひろし

x3 | Rank #4,959

Hiroshi

ひろん

x1 | Rank #98,044

Hiron

父(ちち)

x1 | Rank #545

father

なる

x76 | Rank #44

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

じい

x6 | Rank #1,917

grandfather ; old man ; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

ちゃん

x27 | Rank #54

suffix for familiar person

和(わ)

x1 | Rank #4,404

sum ; harmony; peace ; Japan; Japanese-style

ねぇ

x3 | Rank #236

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; hey; say; listen; look; come on ; you know; you see; I must say; I should think ; will you?; please ; so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand? ; I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...

ね

x48 | Rank #14

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; hey; say; listen; look; come on ; you know; you see; I must say; I should think ; will you?; please ; so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand? ; I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...

岳(たけ)

x2 | Rank #11,229

(high) mountain; Mount; Mt. ; mountain peak

郷(さと)

x1 | Rank #7,770

village; hamlet ; countryside; country ; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown ; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

みなさん

x4 | Rank #2,983

all; everyone; everybody

先(せん)生(せい)

x87 | Rank #118

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

もじ

x1 | Rank #29,453

letter (of an alphabet); character ; writing

も

x95 | Rank #7

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other

この

x36 | Rank #27

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

もん

x32 | Rank #268

gate ; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ; division; phylum ; counter for cannons

ちぇっ

x5 | Rank #12,681

tsk; tut; shoot; darn; dang ; chirp; tweet

いかな

x1 | Rank #19,671

what kind of; whatever sort of ; no matter what; however much

みせる

x1 | Rank #1,198

to show; to display ; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ... ; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining ; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised ; to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor ; to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others ; to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

や

x8 | 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?

かね

x2 | Rank #2,627

money ; metal

ば

x16 | Rank #716

if ... then; when ; and ; why don't you...? ; the more (one does something) ; because; since

かける

x8 | Rank #331

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) ; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread ; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.) ; to make (a call) ; to spend (time, money); to expend; to use ; to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto ; to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, song, etc.); to use (a device, implement, etc.) ; to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose ; to multiply (arithmetic operation) ; to secure (e.g. lock)

ちょ

x5 | Rank #673

(written) work; book ; (written) by ; clearness; obviousness; conspicuousness

る

x3 | Rank #647

exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

けん

x23 | Rank #4,027

ticket; coupon; bond; certificate

おそわる

x2 | Rank #81,342

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

うん

x12 | Rank #56

yes; yeah; uh huh ; hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh? ; oof

お

x3 | Rank #343

oh! (expression of slight surprise)