Jiten beta

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.

自(じ)転(てん)車(しゃ)

| x1 | Rank #3,706

bicycle; bike

が

| x61 | 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

走(はし)る

| x2 | Rank #615

to run ; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail ; to rush (to); to dash; to race ; to retreat; to flee; to defect (to) ; to run away; to abscond; to elope ; to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.) ; to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in ; to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie

そして

| x5 | Rank #156

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

角(かど)

| x1 | Rank #2,566

corner; edge ; (street) corner; turning ; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness; harshness; sharpness

の

| x122 | Rank #1

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

店(みせ)

| x1 | Rank #659

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

で

| x32 | Rank #8

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

止(と)まる

| x1 | Rank #682

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

黒(こく)板(ばん)

| x1 | Rank #11,220

blackboard

には

| x9 | Rank #30

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

美(うつく)しい

| x1 | Rank #995

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

字(じ)

| x1 | Rank #2,119

character (esp. kanji); letter; written text ; handwriting; penmanship ; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

書(か)く

| x1 | Rank #380

to write; to compose; to pen ; to draw; to paint

て

| x5 | Rank #16

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 ...

いる

| x2 | Rank #44

to be (of animate objects); to exist ; to stay ; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

熱(ねつ)烈(れつ)

| x1 | Rank #13,290

ardent; passionate; vehement

愛(あい)

| x3 | Rank #1,027

love; affection; care ; attachment; craving; desire ; agape ; Ireland

微笑(ほほえ)み

| x1 | Rank #9,579

smile

見(み)る

| x5 | Rank #68

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

運(うん)動(どう)場(じょう)

| x1 | Rank #34,696

sports ground; playing field; playground

太(たい)陽(よう)

| x1 | Rank #2,385

Sun

輝(かがや)く

| x1 | Rank #1,741

to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glitter; to glisten ; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam; to glow

あなた

| x45 | Rank #114

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

自(じ)由(ゆう)

| x1 | Rank #870

freedom; liberty

に

| x11 | Rank #17

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods ; burden; responsibility

アイスクリーム

| x1 | Rank #12,363

ice cream; icecream

と

| x25 | Rank #6

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

砂(さ)糖(とう)

| x1 | Rank #5,054

sugar

コーティング

| x1 | Rank #21,224

coating

ホーズ

| x1 | Rank #90,074

hose; long socks; long stockings; hosiery

甘(あま)い

| x1 | Rank #752

sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared ; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music) ; lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy ; naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient ; half-hearted; not finished properly ; insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose ; mild ; tempting; enticing; luring

味(あじ)

| x1 | Rank #1,050

flavor; flavour; taste ; charm; appeal; uniqueness; attractiveness ; experience; taste (e.g. of victory) ; smart; clever; witty; strange

僕(ぼく)ら

| x1 | Rank #1,638

約(やく)束(そく)

| x1 | Rank #449

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact ; appointment; engagement; date ; convention; rule ; destiny; fate

まだ

| x5 | Rank #83

still; as yet; only ; (not) yet ; more; (more) still ; at least; comparatively; relatively ; unfinished; incomplete; not yet done

海(うみ)

| x2 | Rank #834

sea; ocean; waters

波(なみ)

| x1 | Rank #2,523

wave ; ups and downs

に

| x59 | 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

こだま

| x1 | Rank #16,320

Kodama; slowest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping at all stations)

する

| x14 | 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

ハグ

| x1 | Rank #15,170

hug

匹(ひっ)敵(てき)

| x1 | Rank #8,660

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

もの

| x5 | Rank #75

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

ない

| x11 | Rank #32

nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

けれど

| x1 | Rank #973

but; however; although

孤(こ)独(どく)

| x1 | Rank #2,987

solitude; loneliness; isolation

貫(つらぬ)く

| x1 | Rank #3,041

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate ; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through ; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

ことがある

| x2 | Rank #743

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) ; (for something) to happen on occasion

か

| x34 | Rank #10

indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

い

| x1 | Rank #158

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

決(けっ)して

| x1 | Rank #952

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

色(いろ)褪(あ)せる

| x1 | Rank #23,145

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour) ; to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale; to pale

信(しん)じる

| x2 | Rank #312

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

から

| x9 | 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

| x33 | Rank #9

be; is

中(ちゅう)毒(どく)

| x1 | Rank #11,557

poisoning ; addiction

エピソード

| x1 | Rank #8,350

episode; anecdote; vignette ; episode

谷(たに)

| x5 | Rank #6,350

valley

こっち

| x1 | Rank #155

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

へ

| x6 | Rank #78

to; towards; for

来(く)る

| x5 | Rank #79

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 ...")

え

| x1 | Rank #110

eh?; what?; oh? ; yes; that's correct ; strengthens a question, assertion, etc. ; hey

父(ちち)

| x8 | Rank #795

father

昇(しょう)進(しん)

| x1 | Rank #10,972

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

斡(あっ)旋(せん)

| x1 | Rank #24,127

good offices; kind offices; services; influence; recommendation ; mediation; intercession; conciliation; acting as a go-between

ですか

| x10 | Rank #91

indicates question

お父(とう)さん

| x3 | Rank #607

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada ; husband ; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he; him

何(なに)

| x12 | Rank #33

what ; you-know-what; that thing ; whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name ; penis; (one's) thing; dick ; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest ; what?; huh? ; hey!; come on! ; oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)

ふりをする

| x1 | Rank #17,962

to pretend; to act (as if)

はやめる

| x1 | Rank #13,374

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate ; to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

誰(だれ)

| x2 | Rank #123

who

自(じ)身(しん)

| x1 | Rank #1,111

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

決(けつ)断(だん)

| x1 | Rank #3,211

decision; determination

その

| x7 | Rank #24

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

会(かい)社(しゃ)

| x2 | Rank #1,065

company; corporation; firm ; one's workplace

移(い)籍(せき)

| x1 | Rank #25,315

transfer (of one's name into another family register) ; transfer (to another team, company, etc.)

どういう

| x2 | Rank #239

what kind of; what sort of; what

意(い)味(み)

| x2 | Rank #291

meaning; significance; sense

我(われ)々(われ)

| x3 | Rank #782

救(きゅう)済(さい)

| x1 | Rank #10,626

relief; aid; help; rescue ; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

あるいは

| x1 | Rank #2,070

or; either ... or ; maybe; perhaps; possibly ; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

見(み)返(かえ)り

| x1 | Rank #7,197

reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return ; collateral; security ; turning to look behind

与(あた)える

| x4 | Rank #797

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award ; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply ; to assign ; to cause ; to pass (a variable to a function)

こと

| x19 | 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 ...

で

| x5 | Rank #25

without doing ...

しか

| x1 | Rank #169

nothing but; except; no more than

安(あん)心(しん)

| x1 | Rank #545

peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence

できる

| x5 | 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

携(けい)帯(たい)電(でん)話(わ)

| x1 | Rank #4,695

mobile phone; cell phone

買(か)う

| x3 | Rank #336

to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

からって

| x1 | Rank #1,780

just because; even if; even though

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