Jiten beta

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

次(つぎ)

| x16 | Rank #199

next; following; subsequent ; stage; station

西(せい)暦(れき)

| x2 | Rank #23,967

Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD ; Western (Gregorian) calendar

年(とし)

| x36 | Rank #152

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

第(だい)一(いっ)章(しょう)

| x3 | Rank #29,235

chapter one; first chapter

冬(ふゆ)

| x22 | Rank #2,143

winter

の

| x4065 | Rank #1

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

村(むら)

| x130 | Rank #1,954

village

第(だい)二(に)

| x5 | Rank #2,924

second

章(しょう)

| x15 | Rank #7,532

chapter; section ; medal; badge; insignia

旅(たび)立(だ)つ

| x4 | Rank #5,583

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark ; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

もの

| x206 | Rank #76

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

第(だい)三(さん)

| x3 | Rank #4,339

third

闇(やみ)

| x77 | Rank #1,734

darkness; the dark ; bewilderment; despair; hopelessness ; hidden place; secrecy; oblivion ; black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels

が

| x2117 | Rank #5

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

のぞみ

| x3 | Rank #26,214

wish; desire; hope ; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

する

| x56 | Rank #16

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

第(だい)四(よん)

| x3 | Rank #8,779

fourth

雨(あめ)

| x25 | Rank #1,134

rain ; rainy day; rainy weather ; the November suit (in hanafuda)

夜(よる)

| x24 | Rank #398

night; evening ; dinner

夢(む)魔(ま)

| x6 | Rank #53,454

nightmare ; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

第(だい)五(ご)

| x3 | Rank #12,239

fifth

光(ひかり)

| x64 | Rank #938

light ; illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow ; happiness; hope ; influence; power ; vision; eyesight ; optical fiber; optical fibre

と

| x1090 | Rank #6

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

遺(い)伝(でん)子(し)

| x25 | Rank #8,077

gene

第(だい)六(ろく)

| x3 | Rank #14,531

sixth

たそがれ

| x8 | Rank #46,914

dusk; twilight ; twilight years ; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

人(ひと)々(びと)

| x32 | Rank #1,497

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

あとがき

| x3 | Rank #11,265

afterword; postscript

しも

| x2 | Rank #12,452

frost ; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

は

| x1956 | Rank #2

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

を

| x2586 | 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.

駆(く)逐(ちく)

| x3 | Rank #16,091

expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

最(さい)終(しゅう)

| x1 | Rank #2,478

last; final; closing ; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

戦(せん)争(そう)

| x1 | Rank #2,125

war ; fighting; fierce competition

後(あと)

| x11 | Rank #281

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

人(じん)類(るい)

| x3 | Rank #2,948

mankind; humanity

頭(ず)上(じょう)

| x17 | Rank #6,948

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

に

| x2101 | Rank #4

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

君(くん)臨(りん)

| x2 | Rank #9,823

reigning (over a country) ; dominating; controlling; dictating

貴(き)族(ぞく)

| x157 | Rank #5,906

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

原(げん)因(いん)不(ふ)明(めい)

| x2 | Rank #14,159

cause unknown

種(たね)

| x13 | Rank #2,404

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach) ; progeny; offspring; issue; breed ; paternal blood; lineage ; sperm; semen; seed ; cause; source; seed; origin ; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story) ; ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven ; mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery ; 10-point card; tane; animal card

的(てき)

| x14 | Rank #596

-ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y ; -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of ; (something) like; along the lines of ; -wise; in terms of; for; from the viewpoint of; from a ... standpoint; as far as ... is concerned ; Mr.; Ms.; Mrs.

衰(すい)退(たい)

| x6 | Rank #21,527

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

迎(むか)える

| x5 | Rank #865

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail ; to call for; to summon; to invite ; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) ; to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

彼方

| x13 | Rank #8,989

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

没(ぼっ)する

| x1 | Rank #33,766

to sink; to go down; to set ; to pass away; to die ; to disappear; to vanish ; to confiscate

つつ

| x15 | Rank #1,453

while ; even though; despite

ある

| x261 | Rank #30

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about ; to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)

しかし

| x55 | Rank #258

however; but

その

| x176 | Rank #23

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

一(いち)部(ぶ)

| x2 | Rank #1,366

one part; one portion; one section ; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

自(みずか)ら

| x12 | Rank #1,268

oneself ; oneself; for oneself; personally; in person

生(う)み出(だ)す

| x3 | Rank #2,973

to create; to bring forth; to produce ; to invent; to think up and bring into being ; to give birth to; to bear

妖(よう)魔(ま)

| x11 | Rank #40,335

ghost; monster; demon; phantom; apparition

人(じん)工(こう)

| x4 | Rank #10,558

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

魔(ま)

| x5 | Rank #3,306

demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence ; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend ; dreaded; terrible; awful; dreadful

とともに

| x13 | Rank #2,883

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

辺(へん)境(きょう)

| x36 | Rank #14,158

remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

一(いっ)角(かく)

| x9 | Rank #7,521

corner; section; point; part ; one horn ; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.) ; first corner ; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

留(と)まる

| x3 | Rank #6,148

to stop (moving); to come to a stop ; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended ; to alight; to perch on

なお

| x3 | Rank #1,730

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

心(しん)胆(たん)

| x1 | Rank #58,992

heart

寒(かん)

| x1 | Rank #8,246

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

から

| x382 | Rank #13

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

しめる

| x1 | Rank #7,487

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

火(か)炎(えん)

| x1 | Rank #15,503

flame; blaze

竜(りゅう)

| x4 | Rank #4,832

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ; naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology ; promoted rook

霧(きり)

| x9 | Rank #4,700

fog; mist ; spray

悪(あっ)鬼(き)

| x2 | Rank #25,784

evil spirit; demon; devil

彼(かれ)ら

| x51 | Rank #987

they; them

蹂(じゅう)躙(りん)

| x4 | Rank #10,977

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

身(み)を任(まか)せる

| x1 | Rank #23,806

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

しかない

| x7 | Rank #519

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ... ; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...; having no more than ...

苦(く)渋(じゅう)

| x1 | Rank #17,920

bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction ; bitterness and astringency

対(たい)

| x2 | Rank #2,087

versus; against; vs.; v. ; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180) ; toward ...; to ...; with ...; against ...; anti- ; equal footing; equal terms ; opposite

プロフェッショナル

| x1 | Rank #21,771

professional

誕(たん)生(じょう)

| x5 | Rank #2,448

birth; creation; formation

促(うなが)す

| x2 | Rank #5,479

to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to) ; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken; to accelerate; to promote

中(ちゅう)

| x34 | Rank #248

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China

で

| x581 | Rank #9

at; in ; at; when ; by; with

も

| x646 | 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

人(にん)間(げん)

| x77 | Rank #204

human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind ; character (of a person)