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

盃(さかずき)

x92 | Rank #12,444

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

その

x1925 | Rank #28

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

一(いち)

x327 | Rank #122

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

外(ほか)に

x2 | Rank #4,956

else; in addition; besides

は

x13303 | Rank #2

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

かなり

x81 | Rank #652

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

強(つよ)い

x79 | Rank #339

strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough ; strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged ; good (at); skilled; knowledgeable ; being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient ; firm; rigid; solid ; intense; strong; fierce; high ; dependable; trustworthy

風(かぜ)

x74 | Rank #705

wind; breeze; draught; draft ; manner; behaviour; behavior ; cold; influenza

が

x10602 | 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

ふる

x2 | Rank #3,467

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down ; to form (of frost) ; to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in ; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive

やなぎ

x13 | Rank #55,440

willow (any tree of genus Salix) ; weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

という

x1529 | Rank #61

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

料(りょう)亭(てい)

x3 | Rank #19,499

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

中(なか)洲(す)

x17 | Rank #67,263

sandbank (in a river); sandbar

大(おお)川(かわ)

x22 | Rank #18,431

big river

に

x8629 | 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

面(めん)する

x4 | Rank #12,464

to face on; to look out on to

たほう

x2 | Rank #9,339

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 other hand

建(た)つ

x6 | Rank #11,191

to be erected; to be built

ので

x719 | Rank #115

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

二(に)階(かい)

x13 | Rank #13,333

second floor; upstairs

この

x431 | Rank #27

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

座(ざ)敷(しき)

x68 | Rank #14,358

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room ; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

いる

x92 | Rank #55

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

も

x3559 | 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

岸(きし)

x17 | Rank #9,469

bank; coast; shore

を

x11722 | 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.

打(う)つ

x22 | Rank #1,056

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound ; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) ; to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) ; to move; to impress; to touch ; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate ; to type; to send; to transmit ; to insert; to write in; to mark ; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare ; to till (soil) ; to sprinkle; to throw; to cast

波(なみ)

x36 | Rank #2,030

wave ; ups and downs

音(おと)

x101 | Rank #204

sound; noise ; (musical) note ; fame

やかましい

x9 | Rank #6,112

noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous ; much talked of; much-discussed; vexed ; strict; severe; stern ; particular; fussy; fastidious; fault-finding; carping

聞(きこ)える

x106 | Rank #20,336

to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears ; to sound (like); to come across (as) ; to be well known; to be famous ; to accept (someone's words); to agree; to understand

ずいぶん

x58 | Rank #1,298

very; extremely; surprisingly; fairly; quite; considerably; awfully; terribly ; terrible; horrid; contemptible; reprehensible ; remarkable; extraordinary

ひどい

x41 | Rank #753

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe ; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme ; very bad; terrible; awful ; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

だ

x2399 | Rank #8

be; is

こと

x2854 | 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 ...

子(こ)

x327 | Rank #221

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg

衿(えり)

x17 | Rank #38,314

collar; lapel; neckband; neck ; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

拭(ふ)く

x22 | Rank #4,214

to wipe; to dry

云(い)う

x1986 | Rank #2,629

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

家(いえ)の人(ひと)

x2 | Rank #17,417

one's family; family member

たち

x350 | Rank #124

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

怖(こわ)い

x10 | Rank #425

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

ない

x825 | Rank #35

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

でしょうか

x56 | Rank #516

don't you think?; indicates question

ちょうど

x39 | Rank #1,214

exactly; precisely; just; right; opportunely; fortunately ; just (like); as if; as though

あげる

x46 | Rank #304

to raise; to elevate ; to do up (one's hair) ; to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.) ; to land (a boat) ; to deep-fry ; to show someone (into a room) ; to give ; to send someone (away) ; to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll ; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve

で

x5101 | Rank #25

without doing ...

ある

x1182 | Rank #36

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

水(みず)嵩(かさ)

x1 | Rank #107,012

volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

増(ま)す

x3 | Rank #3,500

to increase; to grow

だろう

x772 | Rank #62

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

ときどき

x32 | Rank #8,901

sometimes; occasionally; at times; from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at intervals ; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

サット

x17 | Rank #10,839

Special Assault Team; SAT

飛(ひ)沫(まつ)

x3 | Rank #17,810

splash; spray ; droplet

かかる

x49 | Rank #559

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) ; to hang ; to come into view; to arrive ; to come under (a contract, a tax) ; to start (engines, motors) ; to attend; to deal with; to handle ; to have started to; to be on the verge of ; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover ; to (come) at ; to be fastened

家(いえ)

x364 | Rank #237

house; residence; dwelling ; family; household ; lineage; family name

階(かい)下(か)

x10 | Rank #20,478

lower floor; downstairs ; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

羽(は)目(め)板(いた)

x6 | Rank #101,021

wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling

うちあげる

x1 | Rank #107,012

to launch; to shoot up ; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore) ; to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close ; to report (to boss, etc.)

叩(たた)く

x12 | Rank #2,002

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums) ; to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) ; to sound out (someone's views) ; to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces ; to beat down the price ; to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.) ; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

青(せい)山(ざん)

x85 | Rank #6,364

lush mountain; green mountain ; grave; burial place

信二郎

x667 | Rank #28,270

Shinjirō ; Nobujirō

浴衣(ゆかた)

x5 | Rank #7,959

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

細(ほそ)い

x4 | Rank #2,795

thin; slender; fine ; unlucky

帯(おび)

x29 | Rank #5,561

obi (kimono sash) ; obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product) ; band; belt; strip ; cingulum ; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

しめる

x21 | Rank #10,433

to tie; to fasten; to tighten ; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on ; to total; to sum ; to be strict with ; to economize; to economise; to cut down on ; to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt ; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.) ; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to keep under strict control

腹(はら)這(ば)い

x1 | Rank #91,753

lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

なる

x455 | 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

まま

x252 | Rank #278

as (it is); remaining (in a state); keeping (the same); leaving (unchanged) ; with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as ; as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to ; sic

なに

x353 | Rank #241

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)

か

x2011 | 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

書(か)く

x25 | Rank #447

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

消(け)す

x7 | Rank #1,199

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete ; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off ; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out ; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison) ; to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle ; to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

する

x204 | 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

まわり

x50 | Rank #7,114

circumference; girth ; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

には

x1017 | Rank #37

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

硯(すずり)箱(ばこ)

x5 | Rank #110,017

inkstone case

や

x605 | 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?

書(か)きちらす

x1 | Rank #176,122

to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

反故(ほご)

x7 | Rank #37,011

wastepaper; scrap paper

部(ぶ)厚(あつ)い

x1 | Rank #192,065

thick; bulky; massive; heavy

綴(と)じる

x2 | Rank #66,846

to bind; to file ; to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth ; to sew up; to stitch together

幾(いく)

x15 | Rank #11,817

some; several; a few ; many ; how many; how much ; very; so (much)

冊(さつ)

x14 | Rank #4,360

counter for books ; volume

草(そう)稿(こう)

x8 | Rank #83,409

notes; draft; manuscript

など

x449 | Rank #197

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth ; or something ; the likes of ; for example; for instance; for one

とりちらす

x1 | Rank #176,122

to scatter about

彼(かれ)

x894 | Rank #168

he; him ; boyfriend

朱(しゅ)筆(ひつ)

x1 | Rank #137,687

red-ink brush

持(も)つ

x148 | Rank #190

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck

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