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

王(おう)

x43 | Rank #559

king; ruler; sovereign; monarch ; tycoon; magnate; champion; master ; king (of the senior player)

追(つい)放(ほう)

x3 | Rank #9,600

exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting ; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

に

x200 | 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

成(せい)功(こう)

x3 | Rank #1,270

success; achievement ; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

そのころ

x1 | Rank #28,547

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

更紗(サラサ)

x10 | Rank #22,739

chintz; calico; printed cotton

たら

x2 | Rank #1,322

palmyra ; lusterleaf holly ; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)

軍(ぐん)

x13 | Rank #1,083

army; armed forces; troops ; military authorities ; team; group; troupe

四(し)国(こく)

x17 | Rank #13,277

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

水(すい)車(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #30,632

water wheel ; water turbine; hydraulic turbine ; violent wielding of weapons

とともに

x2 | Rank #2,447

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

瀬(せ)戸(と)内(ない)海(かい)

x3 | Rank #36,405

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

固(かた)い

x1 | Rank #3,372

hard; solid; tough ; stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) ; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) ; safe; steady; honest; steadfast ; obstinate; stubborn ; bookish; formal; stuffy

主(おも)

x2 | Rank #1,425

chief; main; principal; important ; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

と

x95 | Rank #6

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

読(よ)む

x1 | Rank #555

to read ; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant ; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine ; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji) ; to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time) ; to count; to estimate ; to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

その

x21 | Rank #28

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

戦(いくさ)

x4 | Rank #1,996

war; battle; campaign; fight ; troops; forces

いい

x11 | Rank #29

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem

さなか

x1 | Rank #19,860

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

最(さい)後(ご)

x5 | Rank #321

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

刺(し)客(かく)

x10 | Rank #8,870

assassin ; rival candidate sent to make a politician lose an election

柊(ひいらぎ)

x26 | Rank #5,869

holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly ; holly ; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

部(ぶ)下(か)

x3 | Rank #1,699

subordinate person

魔(ま)手(しゅ)

x2 | Rank #40,626

evil influence

が

x190 | 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

せまる

x2 | Rank #24,811

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent ; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

くる

x12 | Rank #61

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 ...")

謡(うたい)

x1 | Rank #54,093

noh chanting; noh chant

ジパング

x1 | Rank #55,717

Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)

筆(ふで)

x1 | Rank #9,347

writing brush; paintbrush; pen ; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush ; writing (composing text); the written word ; (land) lot; plot

です

x31 | Rank #18

be; is

も

x98 | 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

くじ

x1 | Rank #9,992

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

私(わたし)

x4 | Rank #21

I; me

命(いのち)

x2 | Rank #413

life; life force ; lifetime; lifespan ; most important thing; foundation; core ; paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) ; fate; destiny; karma

な

x54 | Rank #32

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

２(に)階(かい)

x1 | Rank #4,298

second floor; upstairs

基(もと)

x1 | Rank #7,418

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

４(し)

x2 | Rank #590

four; 4

族(ぞく)

x1 | Rank #20,408

tribe; clan; band; family ; (taxonomical) tribe ; group (of the periodic table)

家(うち)

x4 | Rank #245

inside; within ; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of ; among; amongst; (out) of; between ; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) ; within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts ; we; our company; our organization ; one's home; one's family ; my spouse; my husband; my wife ; signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife ; I; me

５(ご)

x1 | Rank #522

five; 5

心(こころ)

x2 | Rank #318

mind; heart; spirit ; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

方(ほう)

x2 | Rank #142

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

くちづけ

x1 | Rank #49,867

kiss

ホームページ

x1 | Rank #9,136

home page (of a website or browser); homepage ; web page ; website

へ

x7 | Rank #86

to; towards; for

今(こん)回(かい)

x3 | Rank #393

this time; now

時(とき)

x7 | Rank #111

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

自(じ)分(ぶん)

x4 | Rank #95

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself ; I; me ; you

子(こ)供(ども)の頃(ころ)

x1 | Rank #3,333

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

から

x38 | 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

作(さ)業(ぎょう)

x1 | Rank #1,710

work; operation; task

この

x20 | Rank #27

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

作(さく)戦(せん)

x2 | Rank #826

tactics; strategy ; military operation; naval operation

場(ば)合(あい)

x2 | Rank #504

case; occasion; situation; circumstances

どういう

x2 | Rank #313

what kind of; what sort of; what

こと

x29 | Rank #13

thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

ですか

x3 | Rank #81

indicates question

たいは

x1 | Rank #67,088

serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked ; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing

あらすじ

x1 | Rank #10,131

outline; summary; argument

２０

x2 | Rank #1,144

twenty; 20

世(せい)紀(き)末(まつ)

x1 | Rank #27,363

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle ; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

文(ぶん)明(めい)

x1 | Rank #6,508

civilization; civilisation; culture ; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

滅(ほろ)びる

x1 | Rank #5,854

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

数(すう)百(ひゃく)

x1 | Rank #7,889

several hundred; hundreds (of)

年(ねん)後(ご)

x1 | Rank #3,492

years later

人(ひと)々(びと)

x1 | Rank #1,160

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

暴(ぼう)君(くん)

x1 | Rank #18,794

tyrant; despot

支(し)配(はい)

x1 | Rank #2,334

rule; domination; control ; direction; management; guidance ; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing; influence; sway ; government

苦(くる)しめる

x1 | Rank #4,962

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt ; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle

て

x27 | Rank #20

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 ...

いる

x15 | Rank #55

to be (of animate objects); to exist ; to stay ; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

白(びゃっ)虎(こ)

x2 | Rank #17,507

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens) ; seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

村(むら)

x6 | Rank #654

village

赤(あか)

x24 | Rank #1,761

red; crimson; scarlet ; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) ; Red (i.e. communist) ; red light (traffic) ; red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red ; complete; total; perfect; obvious ; copper ; red 5-point card

滅(ほろ)ぼす

x2 | Rank #3,864

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

その時(とき)

x4 | Rank #836

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

亡(な)き

x1 | Rank #10,852

the late; the deceased

兄(あに)

x2 | Rank #843

older brother; elder brother ; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

を

x191 | 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.

装(よそお)う

x1 | Rank #6,415

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to decorate ; to pretend; to feign; to affect; to disguise oneself as

戦(たたか)う

x4 | Rank #437

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) ; to compete (against) ; to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist

決(けつ)意(い)

x1 | Rank #3,151

decision; determination; resolution

する

x41 | Rank #19

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

車(くるま)

x2 | Rank #706

car; automobile; vehicle ; wheel; castor; caster

紗(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #22,793

(silk) gauze

互(たが)いに

x1 | Rank #4,486

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

宿(しゅく)敵(てき)

x1 | Rank #15,004

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

知(し)る

x5 | Rank #120

to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility

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