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

街(まち)

| x104 | Rank #1,157

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

町(まち)

| x5 | Rank #1,173

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

に

| x2381 | 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

住(す)む

| x10 | Rank #692

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

少(しょう)年(ねん)

| x13 | Rank #1,775

boy ; juvenile; child

似(に)顔(がお)

| x8 | Rank #54,041

portrait; likeness

絵(え)描(か)き

| x9 | Rank #23,318

painter; artist ; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

少(しょう)女(じょ)

| x57 | Rank #1,705

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady ; female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

竹(ちく)林(りん)

| x300 | Rank #34,027

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

たけばやし

| x1 | Rank #157,688

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

老(ろう)人(じん)

| x252 | Rank #4,100

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

通(つう)称(しょう)

| x2 | Rank #5,013

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

ちん

| x31 | Rank #10,642

rare ; strange; odd; peculiar; curious

さん

| x99 | Rank #19

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ; politeness marker

樹(き)

| x327 | Rank #7,690

tree; shrub; bush ; wood; timber ; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

戸(と)

| x337 | Rank #4,981

door (esp. Japanese-style) ; shutter; window shutter ; entrance (to a home) ; narrows

きど

| x1 | Rank #41,748

wicket gate; wooden door ; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

ゴミ

| x44 | Rank #2,370

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

屋(や)

| x53 | Rank #1,037

shop; store; restaurant ; someone who sells (something) or works as (something) ; someone with a (certain) personality trait ; house ; roof

新(しん)人(じん)

| x2 | Rank #3,000

newcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie; new talent; new star ; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

小(しょう)説(せつ)家(か)

| x3 | Rank #11,464

novelist; fiction writer

志(し)望(ぼう)

| x5 | Rank #7,287

wish; desire; ambition; choice

つき

| x2 | Rank #3,104

desk

青(せい)年(ねん)

| x6 | Rank #4,487

youth; young man

昔(むかし)馴(な)染(じ)み

| x1 | Rank #48,080

old friend; familiar face

住(じゅう)職(しょく)

| x65 | Rank #26,461

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

歴(れき)史(し)

| x1 | Rank #1,788

history

を

| x3334 | Rank #2

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.

知(し)る

| x28 | Rank #89

to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility

猫塚

| x17 | Rank #134,821

Nekozuka

ね

| x195 | Rank #12

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; hey; say; listen; look; come on ; you know; you see; I must say; I should think ; will you?; please ; so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand? ; I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...

ねえ

| x9 | Rank #121

こづか

| x1 | Rank #114,735

knife attached to the sheath of a sword

板切

| x9 | Rank #218,031

Itakiri

自(じ)治(ち)

| x2 | Rank #28,943

self-government; autonomy ; local (governmental) autonomy

職(しょく)員(いん)

| x2 | Rank #4,957

staff member; employee; worker; personnel

狭(せま)い

| x26 | Rank #1,723

narrow; confined; small; cramped ; limited; narrow-minded; confining

部屋(へや)

| x49 | Rank #319

room; chamber ; apartment; flat; pad ; stable

満(み)ちる

| x5 | Rank #2,960

to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with) ; to wax (of the moon) ; to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in ; to expire (of a period of time); to mature; to come to an end

白(しろ)

| x5 | Rank #2,197

white ; innocence; innocent person ; blank space ; white stone ; white dragon tile ; skewered grilled pig intestine

黄昏(たそがれ)

| x4 | Rank #22,072

dusk; twilight ; twilight years ; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

染(そ)まる

| x6 | Rank #4,062

to be dyed ; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped

つつ

| x15 | Rank #1,386

while ; even though; despite

ある

| x136 | Rank #29

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

透(す)き通(とお)る

| x1 | Rank #10,463

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear ; to be clear (of a voice or sound)

ばかり

| x43 | Rank #337

only; merely; nothing but; no more than ; approximately; about ; just (finished, etc.) ; as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute ; indicates emphasis ; always; constantly

瑞(みず)々(みず)しい

| x2 | Rank #19,397

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

湛(たた)える

| x4 | Rank #21,325

to fill (with); to be filled with ; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

が

| x2838 | 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

ふっくら

| x1 | Rank #16,197

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full

と

| x1454 | Rank #6

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

する

| x175 | Rank #13

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

淡(あわ)い

| x3 | Rank #5,739

light; faint; pale; fleeting

桃(もも)

| x1 | Rank #7,508

peach (Prunus persica)

唇(くちびる)

| x20 | Rank #3,166

lip; lips

開(ひら)く

| x16 | Rank #455

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack ; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out ; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning) ; to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen ; to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open ; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start ; to open (ports, borders, etc.) ; to open (an account) ; to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ; to open (a file, etc.)

前(まえ)に

| x51 | Rank #158

ahead; before; ago

話(はな)す

| x14 | Rank #228

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat ; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss ; to speak (a language)

とき

| x40 | Rank #406

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

こと

| x351 | Rank #14

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 ...

憶(おぼ)える

| x11 | Rank #13,616

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember ; to learn; to pick up; to acquire ; to feel ; to think; to regard

か

| x393 | 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

な

| x190 | Rank #56

don't ; do ; hey; listen; look; say ; now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know ; wow; ooh ; right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?

淡(あわ)雪(ゆき)

| x1 | Rank #56,597

light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow ; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar

ように

| x89 | Rank #85

like; as ; so that; in order that; so as to; in order to ; be sure to ; I hope (that); I pray (that); may

細(こま)やか

| x2 | Rank #19,335

tender; warm; caring; thoughtful ; meticulous; detailed; attentive ; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

声(こえ)

| x81 | Rank #191

voice ; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot ; voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will ; sound ; sense (of something's arrival); feeling ; voice; voiced sound

漏(も)れる

| x7 | Rank #3,069

to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out ; to find expression; to give vent ; to leak out; to be divulged; to be disclosed ; to be omitted; to be left out; to be excluded; to be not included

傍(かたわ)ら

| x7 | Rank #9,302

side; edge; beside; besides; nearby ; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

座(すわ)る

| x17 | Rank #665

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

口(くち)

| x56 | Rank #313

mouth ; opening; hole; gap; orifice ; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece ; gate; door; entrance; exit ; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) ; taste; palate ; mouth (to feed) ; opening (i.e. vacancy); available position ; invitation; summons ; kind; sort; type

固(かた)い

| x7 | Rank #2,643

hard; solid; tough ; stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) ; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) ; safe; steady; honest; steadfast ; obstinate; stubborn ; bookish; formal; stuffy

結(むす)ぶ

| x4 | Rank #1,736

to tie; to bind; to link ; to bear (fruit) ; to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude ; to connect (two distant places) ; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips) ; to unite (with); to ally; to join hands

一(いち)

| x107 | Rank #164

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

つ

| x62 | Rank #331

Tsu (city in Mie) ; harbour; harbor; port ; ferry

瞳(ひとみ)

| x11 | Rank #2,519

pupil (of the eye) ; one's eyes

据(す)える

| x5 | Rank #8,269

to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) ; to install; to seat (someone) ; to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze) ; to apply (moxa)

あどけない

| x2 | Rank #16,735

innocent; cherubic; childlike

残(のこ)る

| x18 | Rank #373

to remain; to be left

顔(かお)

| x152 | Rank #126

face; visage ; look; expression; countenance ; honor; honour; face ; influence; notoriety

泣(な)く

| x8 | Rank #452

to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob ; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship ; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices ; to be not worth worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame ; to lament; to bemoan; to bewail

出(だ)す

| x15 | Rank #149

to take out; to get out ; to put out; to reveal; to show ; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in ; to publish; to make public ; to send (e.g. letter) ; to produce (a sound); to start (fire) ; to serve (food) ; ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) ; to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...

堪(た)える

| x6 | Rank #6,536

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with ; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave ; to be fit for; to be equal to

のように

| x16 | Rank #1,733

like; similar to ; as with; in the same way

歪(ゆが)む

| x4 | Rank #6,078

to warp; to bend; to contort ; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained

本(ほん)当(とう)

| x12 | Rank #209

truth; reality; actuality; fact ; proper; right; correct; official ; genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable

もっと

| x14 | Rank #168

(some) more; even more; longer; further

早(はや)い

| x13 | Rank #125

fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt ; early; soon; earlier than usual ; premature; too soon; too early ; easy; simple; quick; fast ; as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ...

打(う)ち明(あ)ける

| x3 | Rank #4,852

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

けど

| x138 | Rank #37

but; however; although

心(こころ)の準(じゅん)備(び)

| x1 | Rank #6,234

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

できる

| x16 | Rank #88

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

胸(むね)

| x36 | Rank #662

chest; breast ; breasts; bosom; bust ; heart ; lungs ; stomach ; heart; mind; feelings

膨(ふく)らみ

| x3 | Rank #17,275

swelling; bulge; puff

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