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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

さとがえり

x1 | Rank #246,033

returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay) ; bride's first visit to her parents after getting married ; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad) ; temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

ティー

x5 | Rank #13,082

tea

ドラゴン

x4 | Rank #1,620

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

と

x946 | Rank #6

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

鉢(はち)植(う)え

x2 | Rank #30,914

potted plant ; potting

都(と)市(し)

x77 | Rank #2,141

town; city; municipal; urban

六(ろく)月(がつ)

x4 | Rank #16,250

June ; sixth month of the lunar calendar

期(き)

x2 | Rank #5,408

period; time ; opportunity; chance; occasion ; age ; term (e.g. in office) ; session (e.g. of parliament) ; stage (e.g. of a disease) ; season (e.g. of a TV series)

報(ほう)告(こく)

x6 | Rank #1,190

report; information

あとがき

x2 | Rank #6,829

afterword; postscript

霊(れい)長(ちょう)目(もく)

x1 | Rank #152,471

Primates (order of mammals)

ひと

x15 | Rank #554

another person; other people; others ; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) ; outsider; stranger

科(か)

x1 | Rank #5,143

department; section; faculty; school; arm ; course (of study); branch of study; specialization ; (taxonomical) family

もはや

x10 | Rank #1,363

already; now ; no longer; not any more

時(じ)代(だい)遅(おく)れ

x1 | Rank #23,611

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

な

x183 | Rank #32

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

存(そん)在(ざい)

x16 | Rank #445

existence; being; presence

です

x651 | Rank #19

be; is

かつて

x8 | Rank #1,360

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex- ; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

地(ち)表(ひょう)

x1 | Rank #16,971

surface of the earth; ground surface

を

x1783 | 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.

埋(うず)める

x2 | Rank #2,507

to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge ; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up

尽(つ)くす

x2 | Rank #1,866

to use up; to exhaust; to run out of ; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) ; to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully

という

x181 | Rank #52

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

群(ぐん)

x6 | Rank #4,928

group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band ; group

その

x119 | Rank #27

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

多(おお)く

x6 | Rank #1,296

many; much; plenty; a lot ; majority (of); greater part (of) ; mostly; mainly; chiefly; usually; often

が

x1609 | 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

大(だい)自(し)然(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #22,392

nature; Mother Nature

に

x1881 | 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

呑(の)む

x1 | Rank #6,163

to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) ; to smoke (tobacco) ; to swallow up; to engulf ; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath) ; to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to ; to make light of (someone); to think nothing of; to overwhelm; to overawe ; to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.); to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)

て

x244 | 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 ...

しまう

x9 | Rank #592

to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close ; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up ; to put away; to put back; to keep; to store ; to do completely; to finish ; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

住(す)む

x6 | Rank #1,107

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

地(ち)

x6 | Rank #1,174

earth; ground; land; soil ; place ; territory ; bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ; earth (one of the five elements)

少(すく)ない

x4 | Rank #1,412

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare

衰(すい)微(び)

x1 | Rank #131,070

decline; decay; ebb

著(いちじる)しい

x2 | Rank #15,600

striking; remarkable; considerable

もの

x206 | Rank #74

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

ある

x167 | Rank #38

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

人(じん)口(こう)

x3 | Rank #10,068

population ; common talk

減(げん)少(しょう)

x1 | Rank #14,105

decrease; reduction; decline

一途

x1 | Rank #13,526

single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)

たどる

x5 | Rank #8,539

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace ; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over ; to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)

政(せい)治(じ)

x2 | Rank #5,449

politics; government

とか

x98 | Rank #83

and the like; such as; among other things; and so on ; or something; something like; a (certain) ; I hear that ...; people say that...; rumour has it that ... ; or something; something like; or whatever

戦(せん)争(そう)

x1 | Rank #1,242

war ; fighting; fierce competition

犯(はん)罪(ざい)

x1 | Rank #2,878

crime; offence; offense

経(けい)済(ざい)

x1 | Rank #9,911

economy; economics ; finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances ; being economical; economy; thrift

差(さ)別(べつ)

x2 | Rank #10,248

distinction; differentiation; discrimination ; discrimination (against people)

ソー

x2 | Rank #1,399

counter for bamboo tiles

いう

x24 | Rank #161

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

全(ぜん)部(ぶ)

x7 | Rank #318

all; entire; whole; altogether

過(か)去(こ)

x2 | Rank #957

the past; bygone days ; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) ; past (tense); preterit; preterite ; previous life

かわりに

x6 | Rank #12,833

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for ; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

台(たい)頭(とう)

x1 | Rank #30,999

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

くる

x70 | Rank #63

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 ...")

種(しゅ)族(ぞく)

x7 | Rank #3,682

race; tribe; ethnic group ; species; genus; family ; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

今(いま)

x64 | Rank #66

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately ; another; more

彼(かれ)ら

x19 | Rank #520

they; them

こと

x397 | 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 ...

指(さ)す

x5 | Rank #4,636

to point ; to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person ; to identify; to indicate; to point out ; to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) ; to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)

ほど

x66 | Rank #210

extent; degree; measure ; limit; bounds ; (span of) time ; (a) distance ; the state of; the status of; the condition of ; about; around; approximately; or so ; as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ... ; the more ... the more ...

国(こく)連(れん)

x6 | Rank #18,540

United Nations; UN

調(ちょう)停(てい)

x15 | Rank #24,843

arbitration; conciliation; mediation

官(かん)

x12 | Rank #2,735

government; government service; the bureaucracy ; government post; government official

で

x758 | Rank #26

without doing ...

わたし

x211 | Rank #201

I; me

仕(し)事(ごと)

x32 | Rank #231

work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment ; work

我(われ)々(われ)

x14 | Rank #499

旧(きゅう)

x1 | Rank #3,873

old; former; ex- ; the old; old things; old customs ; old times; bygone days ; Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

間(あいだ)

x14 | Rank #367

space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch ; period of time (during, while); duration; interval ; between (two parties or things) ; among (a group) ; relations (between); relationship ; midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground ; due to; because of

取(と)り持(も)つ

x1 | Rank #28,190

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange ; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

より

x20 | Rank #149

than ; rather than; instead of; over; above ; from; out of; since; at; on (and after) ; except; but; other than ; more

ずっと

x12 | Rank #233

continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout ; much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal ; far (away); long (ago, before, after) ; straight; directly

高(たか)い

x11 | Rank #602

high; tall ; expensive; high-priced ; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.) ; loud ; high-pitched; shrill

科(か)学(がく)

x14 | Rank #3,900

science ; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science

力(りょく)

x32 | Rank #1,013

strength; power; proficiency; ability

持(も)つ

x22 | Rank #194

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

心(こころ)

x14 | Rank #287

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

アクセル

x1 | Rank #11,053

accelerator (pedal); gas pedal

とても

x23 | Rank #472

very; awfully; exceedingly ; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

軽(かる)い

x5 | Rank #892

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) ; light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile ; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial ; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke) ; easy; simple ; indiscriminate

のです

x146 | Rank #343

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

だから

x35 | Rank #54

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason ; like I said; I told you already

こんな

x25 | Rank #103

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

世(よ)の中(なか)

x2 | Rank #1,847

society; the world; the times

も

x550 | 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

だけ

x153 | Rank #43

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

残(のこ)す

x14 | Rank #917

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

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