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

ふしぎ

x3 | Rank #10,381

wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious ; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously

この

x112 | Rank #27

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

おごそか

x3 | Rank #69,846

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately; impressive

もの

x86 | Rank #78

thing; object; article; stuff; substance ; one's things; possessions; property; belongings ; things; something; anything; everything; nothing ; quality ; reason; the way of things ; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen ; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ... ; cause of ...; cause for ... ; somehow; somewhat; for some reason ; really; truly

地(ち)球(きゅう)

x23 | Rank #1,043

Earth; the globe

上(うえ)

x8 | Rank #176

above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...

に

x625 | 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

が

x546 | 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

あらわれる

x2 | Rank #13,270

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise ; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

から

x93 | 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

こんにち

x4 | Rank #24,995

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

きょう

x2 | Rank #4,624

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

まで

x18 | Rank #60

until (a time); till; to; up to ; to (a place or person); as far as ; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even ; only; merely

年(とし)

x15 | Rank #143

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

ながい

x6 | Rank #12,978

long (distance, length) ; long (time); protracted; prolonged

時(じ)間(かん)

x3 | Rank #165

time ; hour ; period; class; lesson

たった

x2 | Rank #1,465

only; merely; but; no more than

と

x272 | Rank #6

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

いう

x24 | Rank #158

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

て

x111 | Rank #21

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

x60 | Rank #55

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

最(さい)初(しょ)

x3 | Rank #385

beginning; outset; first; onset

は

x573 | Rank #2

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

ほとんど

x5 | Rank #888

almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but ; hardly; barely; scarcely; little ; large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)

とらえる

x1 | Rank #11,310

to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of ; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) ; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

こと

x144 | 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 ...

も

x199 | 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

できる

x25 | Rank #100

to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) ; to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable ; to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.) ; to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up ; to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready ; to grow (of a crop); to be produced ; to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character ; to be by nature; to be born ... ; to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone) ; to get pregnant

小(ちい)さな

x6 | Rank #783

small; little; tiny

ささやか

x1 | Rank #8,634

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest; meagre; meager

だった

x27 | Rank #38

was; were

火(ひ)

x5 | Rank #918

fire; flame; blaze

消(き)える

x6 | Rank #629

to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost ; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen) ; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope) ; to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness); to disappear; to fade away (e.g. of footsteps) ; to wear away (e.g. of an inscription); to rub out (of writing); to fade (e.g. of ink) ; to be lost (e.g. of a tradition); to die out; to disappear

ことなく

x4 | Rank #2,472

without accident; uneventfully ; without ...

燃(も)える

x4 | Rank #2,251

to burn; to get fired up

つづける

x9 | Rank #7,716

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

しだいに

x2 | Rank #36,425

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

進(しん)化(か)

x16 | Rank #3,030

evolution ; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress; development; improvement

を

x697 | 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.

かさねる

x2 | Rank #49,025

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another ; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

ついに

x6 | Rank #1,069

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

最(さい)高(こう)

x1 | Rank #733

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

発(はっ)達(たつ)

x5 | Rank #14,365

development; growth

生(せい)物(ぶつ)

x46 | Rank #3,093

living thing; organism; creature; life ; biology

である

x98 | Rank #229

be; is

誕(たん)生(じょう)

x1 | Rank #3,519

birth; creation; formation

ので

x104 | Rank #115

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

ある

x164 | Rank #36

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

永(えい)遠(えん)

x1 | Rank #2,042

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

ことば

x9 | Rank #8,010

language; dialect ; word; phrase; expression; term ; speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language ; words; remark; statement; comment ; learning to speak; language acquisition

あてはまる

x3 | Rank #65,019

to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements); to fulfill (conditions); to come under (a heading)

ような

x29 | Rank #101

like; similar to ; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that) ; feels like; feels similar to; feels as if

歴(れき)史(し)

x3 | Rank #1,739

history

流(なが)れ

x5 | Rank #1,628

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current ; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency ; course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process ; group of people who remain together after the end of an event ; descent; ancestry; school ; forfeiture; foreclosure ; cancellation ; drifting; wandering; roaming

ふりかえる

x2 | Rank #36,668

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back ; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

みる

x12 | Rank #177

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) ...

現(げん)在(ざい)

x17 | Rank #1,098

the present; present time; now ; as of ; present tense ; this world; this life ; to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one

わたしたち

x75 | Rank #2,590

we; us

こう

x11 | Rank #209

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

する

x54 | 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

生(い)きる

x13 | Rank #349

to live; to exist ; to make a living; to subsist ; to be in effect; to be in use; to function ; to come to life; to be enlivened ; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

じつに

x4 | Rank #26,377

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

だ

x83 | Rank #8

be; is

なる

x39 | 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

しかし

x26 | Rank #162

however; but

有(ゆう)限(げん)

x1 | Rank #31,924

finite; limited

で

x204 | Rank #25

without doing ...

人(じん)類(るい)

x41 | Rank #1,812

mankind; humanity

今(こん)後(ご)

x2 | Rank #1,462

from now on; hereafter

なお

x5 | Rank #1,765

still; yet ; more; still more; greater; further ; as ...; like ... ; furthermore; in addition; moreover; note that ...

栄(さか)える

x3 | Rank #18,120

to prosper; to flourish

だろう

x30 | Rank #62

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

子(し)孫(そん)

x4 | Rank #10,785

descendant; progeny; offspring

さらに

x22 | Rank #740

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

その

x93 | Rank #28

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

へと

x1 | Rank #507

to; towards; for

バトン

x1 | Rank #19,868

baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)

渡(わた)す

x1 | Rank #869

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse ; to lay across; to build across ; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

個(こ)人(じん)個(こ)人(じん)

x3 | Rank #55,964

individual; one by one

いのち

x2 | Rank #19,399

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

それぞれ

x3 | Rank #1,231

each; respectively

一(いち)

x36 | Rank #122

one; 1 ; best ; first; foremost ; beginning; start ; a (single); one (of many) ; ace ; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

代(よ)

x1 | Rank #2,591

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

かぎり

x4 | Rank #3,928

limit; limits; bounds ; degree; extent; scope ; the end; the last ; as long as ...; as far as ...; as much as ...; to the limits of ...; all of ... ; unless ... ; (not) included in ...; (not) part of ... ; being very much (in a certain state); extreme amount (of a feeling, etc.) ; ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only") ; end of one's life; final moments; death ; funeral; burial

日(ひ)

x7 | Rank #246

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

ふたたび

x7 | Rank #9,234

again; once more; a second time

来(き)たる

x1 | Rank #15,753

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming ; to come; to arrive; to be due to

思(おも)う

x12 | Rank #73

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

神(かみ)曲(きょく)

x1 | Rank #72,742

incredible song; great song

書(か)く

x3 | Rank #447

to write; to compose; to pen ; to draw; to paint

イタリア

x1 | Rank #8,185

Italy

ダンテ

x1 | Rank #16,253

Dante ; Dante Alighieri (Italian poet; 1265-1321)

なるほど

x2 | Rank #405

I see; that's right; indeed

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