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

探(たん)求(きゅう)

x2 | Rank #27,587

search; quest; pursuit

九(きゅう)

x13 | Rank #1,796

nine; 9

夏(なつ)

x12 | Rank #1,124

summer

午(ご)後(ご)

x3 | Rank #2,052

afternoon; p.m.

に

x4126 | 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

十(じゅう)

x20 | Rank #1,130

ten; 10 ; ten years of age ; book containing a collection of poems

胎(たい)動(どう)

x2 | Rank #51,355

fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening ; signs (of); indications; stirrings; emergence; (initial) rise (e.g. of a political movement)

十(じゅう)一(いち)

x2 | Rank #9,649

eleven; 11 ; jack

交(こう)差(さ)

x12 | Rank #11,827

crossing; intersection ; (genetic) crossing over

する

x702 | 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

覚(かく)悟(ご)

x8 | Rank #1,048

readiness; (mental) preparedness ; resolution; determination ; resignation (to one's fate)

十(じゅう)二(に)

x6 | Rank #4,626

twelve; 12 ; queen

残(ざん)像(ぞう)

x3 | Rank #21,027

afterimage; after image

手(て)触(ざわ)り

x3 | Rank #22,529

feel; touch

十(じゅう)三(さん)

x4 | Rank #6,894

thirteen; 13 ; king

殺(さつ)戮(りく)

x9 | Rank #11,290

slaughter; massacre

死(し)都(と)

x7 | Rank #81,529

dead city; ghost town

十(じゅう)四(し)

x3 | Rank #13,608

fourteen; 14

不(ふ)死(し)

x4 | Rank #7,417

immortality; eternal life ; undeath; undead

なる

x133 | 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

魂(たましい)

x14 | Rank #1,084

soul; spirit; mind ; willpower; vitality ; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable ; inherent spirit of something; state of mind

死(し)

x65 | Rank #670

death ; (an) out ; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

十(ト)五(ゴ)

x2 | Rank #6,514

black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days

贄(にえ)

x2 | Rank #24,140

offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.) ; gift ; sacrifice

十(じゅう)六(ろく)

x2 | Rank #11,281

sixteen; 16

穢(けが)れる

x2 | Rank #25,487

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

真(しん)実(じつ)

x10 | Rank #1,337

truth; reality ; truly; really ; absolute truth

十(じゅう)七(なな)

x2 | Rank #12,540

seventeen; 17

寂(さび)しい

x13 | Rank #1,428

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

夜(よる)

x33 | Rank #401

evening; night ; dinner

暴(ぼう)

x5 | Rank #15,648

violence; force

帝(みかど)

x5 | Rank #2,758

emperor (of Japan); mikado ; (the gates of an) imperial residence

十(じゅう)八(はち)

x2 | Rank #12,912

eighteen; 18

我(われ)ら

x29 | Rank #1,678

we; us ; I; me ; you

凍(こご)える

x5 | Rank #15,798

to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

燃(も)える

x6 | Rank #2,290

to burn; to get fired up

ゆく

x6 | Rank #1,569

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

十(じゅう)九(きゅう)

x2 | Rank #19,344

nineteen; 19

別(わか)れる

x21 | Rank #1,599

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from ; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce ; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

季(き)節(せつ)

x3 | Rank #3,548

season; time of year

二十(はたち)

x3 | Rank #6,461

20 years old ; twenty

永(なが)い

x2 | Rank #22,409

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

痛(いた)み

x65 | Rank #1,356

pain; ache; soreness; grief; distress ; damage; injury; wear; bruise; break

あとがき

x8 | Rank #6,832

afterword; postscript

っぽい

x7 | Rank #1,241

-ish; -like

私(わたし)

x311 | Rank #22

I; me

考(かんが)える

x20 | Rank #207

to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) ; to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration ; to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect ; to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan ; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine ; to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise ; to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view

医(い)学(がく)博士(はかせ)

x1 | Rank #92,345

doctor of medicine; MD

として

x85 | Rank #139

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) ; apart from... (used to change the topic) ; even (e.g. "not even a single person") ; thinking that...; trying to...

から

x881 | 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

だ

x796 | Rank #8

be; is

白(しろ)い

x49 | Rank #1,132

white

研(けん)究(きゅう)室(しつ)

x4 | Rank #7,163

laboratory ; seminar room ; professor's office

で

x1568 | Rank #9

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

球(きゅう)体(たい)

x12 | Rank #13,449

sphere; globe; orb ; ball

椅(い)子(す)

x31 | Rank #1,868

chair; seat; stool; bench ; post; position; seat; office

座(すわ)る

x9 | Rank #899

to sit; to squat ; to assume (a position) ; to hold steady; to hold still

自(みずか)ら

x131 | Rank #972

oneself ; oneself; for oneself; personally; in person

肉(にく)体(たい)

x34 | Rank #2,239

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

を

x5474 | 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.

眺(なが)める

x19 | Rank #2,097

to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at ; to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery) ; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe

腕(うで)

x60 | Rank #515

arm ; ability; skill; talent; competence ; (physical) strength

伸(の)ばす

x14 | Rank #1,930

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) ; to lengthen; to extend; to stretch ; to reach out; to hold out ; to straighten; to smooth out ; to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.) ; to dilute; to thin out ; to postpone ; to prolong ; to strengthen; to develop; to expand

白(はく)衣(い)

x16 | Rank #8,097

white clothes; white robe ; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.) ; commoner without rank (in ancient China) ; layperson

裾(すそ)

x11 | Rank #5,738

hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail; bottom (of a kimono); train (of a dress) ; bottom part; bottom edge ; foot (of a mountain) ; tips (of hair) ; downstream

手(て)

x212 | Rank #109

hand; arm ; forepaw; foreleg ; handle ; hand; worker; help ; trouble; care; effort ; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship ; hand; handwriting ; kind; type; sort ; one's hands; one's possession ; ability to cope

指(ゆび)

x19 | Rank #677

finger; toe; digit

が

x5387 | 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

見(み)える

x23 | Rank #283

to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight ; to look; to seem; to appear ; to come

長(なが)年(ねん)

x5 | Rank #5,289

many years; a long time

にわたって

x1 | Rank #15,669

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

酷(こく)使(し)

x2 | Rank #25,319

exploitation; overuse; abuse

くる

x114 | 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 ...")

体(からだ)

x155 | Rank #227

body ; torso; trunk ; build; physique; frame; figure ; health; constitution

皺(しわ)

x8 | Rank #9,286

wrinkle; crease ; ripple

寄(よ)る

x4 | Rank #2,167

to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to ; to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet ; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit ; to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ; to grow (wrinkly) ; to lean against; to recline on ; to push one's opponent while holding their belt ; to decide on a price and come to a deal ; to be swayed by (a person); to yield to

疲(つか)れきる

x1 | Rank #28,817

to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

そろそろ

x6 | Rank #553

soon; before long; any time now; momentarily ; slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly ; already; about time

老(ろう)化(か)

x1 | Rank #28,702

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

対(たい)策(さく)

x5 | Rank #2,984

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy; preparation (e.g. for a test)