Jiten beta

origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees

としょかん

x2 | Rank #98,044

library

図(と)書(しょ)館(かん)

x80 | Rank #3,356

library

請(せい)求(きゅう)

x1 | Rank #9,861

claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

昨日(きのう)

x2 | Rank #437

yesterday

から

x53 | Rank #12

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning

こいつ

x2 | Rank #314

he; she; this fellow; this guy; this person ; this; this one; this thing ; hey, you!; you bastard!; damn you!

は

x205 | Rank #2

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

税(ぜい)金(きん)

x7 | Rank #10,346

tax; duty

で

x141 | Rank #10

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

買(か)う

x18 | Rank #422

to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

ずい

x7 | Rank #25,726

voluntary; optional; free; elective

の

x456 | 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

原(げん)作(さく)

x2 | Rank #4,106

original work

まあまあ

x2 | Rank #2,086

so-so; passable; not (so) bad; reasonable ; now, now; there, there; there now ; my, my; oh my!; dear me!

ほ

x7 | Rank #1,256

sail

捕(とり)物(もの)帖(ちょう)

x2 | Rank #135,388

detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers) ; detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs

ハードコア

x1 | Rank #51,049

hardcore ; hardcore (music) ; hardcore pornography ; hard core (of a group, movement, etc.)

人(じん)生(せい)相(そう)談(だん)

x3 | Rank #36,289

counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service

概(がい)論(ろん)

x2 | Rank #77,681

introduction; outline; general remarks

中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう)

x2 | Rank #9,886

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

図(と)書(しょ)室(しつ)

x2 | Rank #5,364

library (usu. single-room); small library

と

x101 | Rank #6

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

石平

x27 | Rank #51,196

Ishidaira ; Ishihira ; Ishibira

くん

x29 | Rank #159

Mr; master; boy ; Ms; miss ; sir; madam

わかる

x24 | Rank #198

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!

最(さい)高(こう)

x10 | Rank #733

best; supreme; wonderful; finest ; highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme

会(かい)議(ぎ)

x24 | Rank #2,046

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

応(おう)用(よう)編(へん)

x3 | Rank #101,817

set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment

準(じゅん)備(び)

x4 | Rank #604

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

編(へん)

x2 | Rank #4,519

compilation (of a text); editing ; volume (of a text) ; completed literary work

２(に)月(がつ)

x2 | Rank #5,124

February ; second month of the lunar calendar

号(ごう)

x4 | Rank #899

number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group ; sobriquet; pen-name ; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.) ; suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

１(いち)月(がつ)

x2 | Rank #5,805

January ; first month of the lunar calendar

みつける

x3 | Rank #13,708

to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing) ; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

まち

x3 | Rank #9,222

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

歴(れき)史(し)

x5 | Rank #1,739

history

描(えが)く

x3 | Rank #854

to draw; to paint; to sketch ; to depict; to describe ; to picture in one's mind; to imagine ; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

下(お)ろし

x3 | Rank #15,130

dropping; unloading; removing ; grated vegetables, fruit, etc. ; grater ; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

冊(さつ)

x23 | Rank #4,360

counter for books ; volume

目(め)

x22 | Rank #121

eye; eyeball ; eyesight; sight; vision ; look; stare; gaze; glance ; notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) ; an experience ; viewpoint ; discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality) ; (an) appearance ; chance (of success); possibility (of a good result) ; spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave

小(ちい)さいころ

x2 | Rank #12,389

as a child; when one was a child

に

x184 | 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

よく

x12 | Rank #189

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully ; frequently; often ; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ... ; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...

来(く)る

x13 | Rank #90

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 ...")

とっても

x1 | Rank #1,486

very; awfully; exceedingly ; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

なつかしい

x1 | Rank #14,223

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

地(じ)元(もと)

x1 | Rank #3,486

home area; home town ; local

年(とし)

x11 | Rank #143

year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age

ぶり

x2 | Rank #1,532

way; manner; style ; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ... ; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...) ; tune; tone

やっと

x6 | Rank #807

at last; finally ; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

今日(きょう)

x9 | Rank #123

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

こそ

x2 | Rank #342

it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.) ; although; while; it is the case that ... but ; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ... ; not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never

クッソ

x2 | Rank #8,512

kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera

この

x35 | Rank #27

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

棚(たな)

x4 | Rank #4,348

shelf; ledge; rack ; trellis

も

x114 | 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

ギチギチ

x1 | Rank #35,632

creakily ; close (i.e. with no room to spare)

しかし

x3 | Rank #162

however; but

しょか

x2 | Rank #74,481

early summer ; fourth month of the lunar calendar

ん

x36 | Rank #23

yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during

何(なに)

x25 | Rank #31

what ; you-know-what; that thing ; whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name ; penis; (one's) thing; dick ; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest ; what?; huh? ; hey!; come on! ; oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)

じろじろ

x1 | Rank #19,628

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

見(み)る

x19 | Rank #88

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

なんか用(よう)

x1 | Rank #23,803

what do you want?; can I help you?

えっ

x30 | Rank #75

huh?; what's up?

人(ひと)

x48 | Rank #82

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

ですか

x12 | Rank #87

indicates question

そう

x24 | Rank #41

in that way; thus; such ; so ; so?

です

x64 | Rank #19

be; is

けど

x44 | Rank #34

but; however; although

あっ

x30 | Rank #40

ah; oh ; hey!

わ

x16 | Rank #52

indicates emotion or admiration ; indicates emphasis ; I; me ; wah! ; boo!

私(わたし)

x18 | Rank #22

I; me

昔(むかし)

x4 | Rank #435

the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago ; the past ten years; the past decade

なくす

x9 | Rank #2,969

to lose (something) ; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove; to eradicate; to abolish

が

x200 | 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

ある

x9 | Rank #36

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

を

x140 | 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.

んじゃ

x4 | Rank #2,704

bye then

こっち

x2 | Rank #206

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

こちら

x11 | Rank #263

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

家(け)

x5 | Rank #645

house; family

伏(ふく)する

x1 | Rank #112,142

to crouch; to stoop; to bend down; to prostrate oneself; to lie down ; to yield; to submit; to surrender ; to hide; to conceal oneself

早(はや)瀬(せ)

x8 | Rank #22,066

swift current; rapids

丸(まる)

x7 | Rank #2,027

circle ; entirety; whole; full; complete ; money; dough; moola ; enclosure inside a castle's walls ; soft-shelled turtle ; suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.

はーい

x2 | Rank #1,606

yes; that is correct ; understood; I see; OK; okay ; present; here ; pardon?; what's that?; come again? ; now; here; here you go ; giddy-up; giddap

ない

x13 | Rank #35

nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

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

んだ

x37 | Rank #16

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

って

x62 | Rank #15

you said; he said; she said; they said ; even if ; do you seriously think that ; I already told you; you should know by now that; of course ; the said ...; said ... ; says that ... ; I hear that ... ; as for the term ... ; as for ...

調(しら)べ

x3 | Rank #4,571

investigation; inspection; examination ; tune; note; melody

ので

x18 | Rank #115

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

どうぞ

x2 | Rank #367

please; kindly; pray; I beg (of you) ; by all means; certainly; of course; (go) ahead; (feel) free (to); (you are) welcome (to); please (help yourself to) ; here you are ; to give

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