BASARA - Volume 22 - Vocabulary

何(なん)度(ど)

x3 | Rank #835

how many times ; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

何(なに)か

x10 | Rank #100

something; some; any ; somehow; for some reason ; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

福(ふく)岡(おか)

x1 | Rank #11,878

Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

はあっ

x1 | Rank #1,158

yes; indeed; well ; ha! ; what?; huh? ; sigh

大(たい)老(ろう)

x10 | Rank #38,599

(Edo-period) chief minister

が

x177 | 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

ヶ

x1 | Rank #5,299

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

ケ

x1 | Rank #2,848

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

に

x180 | 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

進(すす)める

x1 | Rank #1,610

to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward ; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up ; to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

石榴(ざくろ)

x10 | Rank #81,079

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

計(けい)画(かく)

x9 | Rank #1,199

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

って

x9 | 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 ...

て

x31 | 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

x21 | Rank #55

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

その

x12 | Rank #28

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

全(ぜん)貌(ぼう)

x4 | Rank #21,433

full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details

を

x190 | 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.

つかむ

x1 | Rank #1,766

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on ; to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture ; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

太(た)郎(ろう)

x32 | Rank #3,425

first son

ちゃん

x42 | Rank #94

suffix for familiar person

は

x192 | Rank #2

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

直(ただ)ちに

x2 | Rank #6,141

at once; immediately; right away; without delay ; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

更(さら)

x1 | Rank #13,385

new; unused ; new ; obvious; natural

妙(みょう)

x2 | Rank #1,266

strange; weird; odd; curious ; wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence ; cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill

なる

x15 | Rank #43

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

とする

x4 | Rank #692

to try to ...; to be about to do ... ; to decide to ... ; to take as; to treat as; to regard as ; to use for ; to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume ; to decide that; to think that ; to make into; to change into ; to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like ; to intend; to have the intention

だが

x6 | Rank #106

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

の

x370 | 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

裏(うら)切(ぎ)り

x2 | Rank #6,368

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

よ

x43 | Rank #10

hey; you ; hey ; hey; hold on ; yo; hey

夜(よる)

x2 | Rank #431

evening; night ; dinner

急(きゅう)襲(しゅう)

x2 | Rank #27,161

raid; assault; descent

受(う)ける

x2 | Rank #459

to receive; to get ; to catch (e.g. a ball) ; to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) ; to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) ; to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) ; to be given (e.g. life, talent) ; to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) ; to follow; to succeed; to be descended from ; to face (south, etc.) ; to be modified by

一(いっ)方(ぽう)

x3 | Rank #1,819

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party ; on the one hand; on the other hand ; whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn ; just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only

何(なに)も

x2 | Rank #455

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing ; and everything else; and all ; (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent

から

x28 | 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

ずに

x1 | Rank #29,284

without doing

激(げき)戦(せん)

x1 | Rank #16,600

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

続(つづ)ける

x2 | Rank #387

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

更紗(サラサ)

x12 | Rank #22,739

chintz; calico; printed cotton

と

x94 | Rank #6

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

大(だい)人(にん)気(き)

x2 | Rank #7,351

very popular; highly favoured

連(れん)載(さい)

x1 | Rank #3,768

serialization; serialisation; serial story

や

x29 | 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?

ジパング

x1 | Rank #55,717

Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)

ほぼ

x1 | Rank #1,829

almost; roughly; approximately; about; around

第(だい)２(に)

x1 | Rank #2,725

second

巻(まき)

x3 | Rank #625

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

別(べつ)

x5 | Rank #540

distinction; difference; discrimination ; separate; different; another; extra ; exception; exclusion ; classified by; ranked by; according to

も

x112 | 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

ありがとう

x4 | Rank #209

thank you; thanks

苑(その)

x2 | Rank #27,434

garden; orchard; park ; place; world; environment

賊(あだ)

x1 | Rank #6,831

foe; enemy; rival ; resentment; enmity; grudge ; harm; injury

真(しん)

x1 | Rank #2,206

truth; reality; genuineness ; seriousness ; truth ; printed style writing ; star performer

遺(のこ)す

x1 | Rank #14,804

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

ノー

x2 | Rank #2,017

no ; no; without; not needed; not allowed

驚(おどろ)く

x1 | Rank #842

to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked ; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

一(ひとつ)

x7 | Rank #236

one ; for one thing ; only ; (not) even ; just (e.g. "just try it") ; some kind of; one type of

残(のこ)す

x9 | Rank #886

to leave (behind) ; to leave (undone); to not finish ; to save; to set aside; to reserve ; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath ; to stay (in the ring); to hold on

授(じゅ)業(ぎょう)

x1 | Rank #1,360

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

状(じょう)態(たい)

x1 | Rank #686

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

灰(かい)白(はく)

x1 | Rank #120,403

gray; grey; griseous

炎(ほのお)

x2 | Rank #1,407

flame; blaze ; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

最(さい)長(ちょう)

x1 | Rank #31,712

longest ; oldest

最(さい)近(きん)

x2 | Rank #467

recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now ; nearest; closest

外(そと)

x1 | Rank #375

outside; exterior ; the open (air) ; other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)

編(へん)

x2 | Rank #4,312

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

ー

x6 | Rank #157

long-vowel mark

はじまり

x6 | Rank #14,687

origin; beginning; start

呪(じゅ)文(もん)

x6 | Rank #3,238

spell; charm; incantation; magic word

４(し)

x2 | Rank #590

four; 4

た

x14 | Rank #144

did; (have) done ; (please) do

むた

x1 | Rank #43,197

together with ...

むたい

x1 | Rank #92,841

intangible; incorporeal ; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd

す

x3 | Rank #341

to be ; to do

あらすじ

x1 | Rank #10,131

outline; summary; argument

２０

x1 | 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

x2 | 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

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)

x2 | Rank #654

village

赤(あか)

x37 | 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

王(おう)

x27 | Rank #559

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

滅(ほろ)ぼす

x2 | Rank #3,864

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

その時(とき)

x1 | 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)

装(よそお)う

x2 | 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

x15 | 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

x30 | 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