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

怪(かい)物(ぶつ)

| x76 | Rank #4,164

monster

獣(けもの)

| x51 | Rank #3,645

beast; brute; animal ; animal with human characteristics

第(だい)五(ご)

| x2 | Rank #11,993

fifth

糸(いと)

| x6 | Rank #2,963

thread; yarn; string

を

| x1554 | 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.

つなぎ合(あ)わせる

| x3 | Rank #30,338

to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

第(だい)六(ろく)

| x2 | Rank #14,175

sixth

無(む)力(りょく)

| x2 | Rank #4,483

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

俺(おれ)たち

| x95 | Rank #530

we; us

エピローグ

| x2 | Rank #22,386

epilogue

あとがき

| x3 | Rank #10,875

afterword; postscript

大(たい)衆(しゅう)食(しょく)堂(どう)

| x3 | Rank #63,489

cheap restaurant; eating place (house)

のぞみ

| x39 | Rank #26,785

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

や

| x39 | Rank #816

melting

店(みせ)

| x3 | Rank #659

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

内(ない)

| x8 | Rank #1,142

within ...; inside ...

で

| x468 | Rank #8

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

は

| x1398 | Rank #2

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

大(おお)きい

| x14 | Rank #415

big; large; great ; loud ; extensive; spacious ; important; decisive; valuable ; older; grown up

ため息(いき)

| x7 | Rank #3,107

sigh

つる

| x14 | Rank #562

to fish; to angle; to catch ; to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure

客(きゃく)

| x4 | Rank #1,026

guest; visitor ; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger ; counter for containers used to entertain guests

前(さき)

| x24 | Rank #112

point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party

なら

| x74 | Rank #55

if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that ; as for; on the topic of ; if that's the case; if so; that being the case ; if possible; if circumstances allow

そんな

| x67 | Rank #53

such; that sort of; that kind of; like that ; no way!; never!

辛(しん)気(き)

| x1 | Rank #13,350

mentality; mood; sentiment; feelings ; fretfulness; tedium; irritation

臭(くさ)い

| x1 | Rank #2,615

stinking; smelly ; suspicious; fishy ; clumsy; unskilled ; smelling of ; looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish

こと

| x245 | 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 ...

絶(ぜっ)対(たい)

| x9 | Rank #235

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally ; absolute; unconditional; unmistakable ; absoluteness

に

| x1082 | 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

する

| x61 | Rank #15

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

だが

| x103 | Rank #265

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

今(いま)

| x51 | Rank #56

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

問(もん)題(だい)ない

| x2 | Rank #1,965

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

最(さい)後(ご)

| x14 | Rank #256

end; conclusion ; last; final; latest; most recent ; no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) ; one's final moments

が

| x1349 | 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

出(で)る

| x13 | Rank #98

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over

もう

| x52 | Rank #41

already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer ; soon; shortly; before long; presently ; further; more; again; another; the other ; jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; damn; seriously

随(ずい)分(ぶん)

| x5 | Rank #1,344

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

だから

| x79 | Rank #52

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

だ

| x279 | Rank #9

be; is

はぁ

| x15 | Rank #532

yes; indeed; well ; ha! ; what?; huh? ; sigh

一(いち)

| x29 | Rank #149

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

度(たび)

| x9 | Rank #492

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

客(きゃく)足(あし)

| x2 | Rank #22,495

customer traffic; customers; custom

途(と)絶(だ)える

| x1 | Rank #6,240

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

店(てん)内(ない)

| x1 | Rank #6,094

inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

見(み)回(まわ)す

| x2 | Rank #7,908

to look around; to survey

ガックリ

| x2 | Rank #31,329

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

肩(かた)

| x17 | Rank #1,247

shoulder

落(お)とす

| x4 | Rank #764

to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind ; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape ; to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) ; to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances ; to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with ; to download; to copy from a computer to another medium ; to make someone swoon (judo) ; to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) ; to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting) ; to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)

この

| x90 | Rank #26

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

お店(みせ)

| x9 | Rank #1,204

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

元(げん)気(き)

| x2 | Rank #378

lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited ; healthy; well; fit; in good health

閑(かん)古(こ)鳥(どり)

| x1 | Rank #37,493

cuckoo

だけ

| x81 | Rank #39

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

ガラガラ

| x1 | Rank #11,264

with a clatter; with a rattle ; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; bare; uninhabited; unoccupied ; raspy (voice); gravelly; husky ; with a gargle ; rough (personality, speech, etc.); unreserved; outspoken; boorish; ill-mannered ; rattle (baby's toy) ; lottery wheel

理(り)由(ゆう)

| x14 | Rank #400

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

ふた

| x8 | Rank #3,952

cover; lid; cap

つ

| x32 | Rank #303

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

ほど

| x33 | Rank #214

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 ...

ある

| x85 | Rank #34

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

ひと

| x26 | Rank #715

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

建(た)つ

| x1 | Rank #7,855

to be erected; to be built

商(しょう)店(てん)街(がい)

| x8 | Rank #5,974

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

通(とお)り

| x13 | Rank #1,460

street; road; avenue; thoroughfare ; traffic; coming and going ; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running ; transmission (of sound); reach (of voice) ; reputation; favor; favour; popularity ; understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity ; the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.) ; counter for sets of things ; counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.

ここ

| x51 | Rank #48

here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...

数(かず)

| x13 | Rank #529

number; amount

年(とし)

| x17 | Rank #154

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

徐(じょ)々(じょ)に

| x3 | Rank #4,485

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

徐(じょ)々(じょ)

| x1 | Rank #8,228

slow; gradual; steady ; calm; composed; relaxed

寂(さび)れる

| x1 | Rank #19,612

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate ; to taper off (of a sound)

くる

| x11 | Rank #49

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 ...")

もうひとつ

| x2 | Rank #5,404

another; one more ; even more ; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

駅(えき)

| x1 | Rank #1,820

railway station; train station ; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan) ; counter for railway stations and bus stations

前(まえ)に

| x17 | Rank #163

ahead; before; ago

全(ぜん)国(こく)

| x1 | Rank #3,078

the whole country

チェーン

| x1 | Rank #10,785

chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.) ; chain (store, hotel, etc.)

レストラン

| x2 | Rank #4,690

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

できる

| x25 | Rank #87

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

ただでさえ

| x2 | Rank #3,619

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

減(へ)る

| x1 | Rank #1,145

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

さらに

| x10 | Rank #1,317

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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