Jiten beta

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth ; one object; one body; unity ; one form; one style ; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) ; generally; in general

どこ

| x3 | Rank #106

where; what place ; how much (long, far); what extent

の

| x273 | 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

言(こと)葉(ば)

| x3 | Rank #286

language; dialect ; word; phrase; expression; term ; speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language ; words; remark; statement; comment ; learning to speak; language acquisition

だ

| x43 | Rank #9

be; is

遊(ゆう)里(り)

| x4 | Rank #117,442

red light district

で

| x59 | Rank #8

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

カ行(ぎょう)

| x2 | Rank #105,814

the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

を

| x110 | 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.

抜(ぬ)く

| x2 | Rank #926

to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed ; to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip ; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely ; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty ; to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract ; to pilfer; to steal ; to remove; to get rid of; to take out ; to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of ; to pierce; to break through; to go through ; to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area

話(はな)す

| x2 | Rank #225

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

ので

| x9 | Rank #139

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

ござる

| x8 | Rank #597

to be

定信

| x5 | Rank #112,510

Sadanobu

家(か)臣(しん)

| x2 | Rank #16,852

vassal; retainer

げんしろう

| x2 | Rank #244,120

Genshirou

さん

| x31 | Rank #22

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

が

| x135 | 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

来(く)る

| x9 | 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 ...")

なさる

| x2 | Rank #205

to do

と

| x78 | Rank #6

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

相(あい)成(な)る

| x2 | Rank #26,919

to become (formal)

さよ

| x2 | Rank #20,195

evening

うほう

| x2 | Rank #38,383

right side ; style of Japanese court music

にも

| x6 | Rank #141

also; too; not ... either; as well; even ; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

然様(さよう)

| x2 | Rank #77,350

so; like that ; that's right; indeed ; let me see...

優(すぐ)れる

| x2 | Rank #3,549

to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

符(ふ)号(ごう)

| x2 | Rank #42,379

sign; mark; symbol; code ; sign (e.g. positive, negative)

元(がん)来(らい)

| x1 | Rank #18,101

originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually ; in the first place; to begin with

勉(べん)学(がく)

| x1 | Rank #15,596

study; pursuit of knowledge

好(す)き

| x1 | Rank #170

liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite ; liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved ; faddism; eccentricity ; as one likes; as it suits one ; lecherous; lustful; salacious

様(さま)

| x39 | Rank #212

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms ; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) ; state; situation; appearance; manner

こう

| x6 | Rank #166

in this way; like this; so; thus ; this (much); so ; uh; er; mm; well

する

| x30 | 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

未(み)知(ち)

| x2 | Rank #4,945

not yet known; unknown; strange

世(せ)界(かい)

| x2 | Rank #295

the world; society; the universe ; sphere; circle; world ; world-renowned; world-famous ; realm governed by one Buddha; space

生(い)き生(い)き

| x2 | Rank #8,339

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

描(えが)き出(だ)す

| x2 | Rank #27,870

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

読(よ)み物(もの)

| x2 | Rank #45,675

reading matter; reading material

に

| x101 | 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

夢(む)中(ちゅう)

| x1 | Rank #2,264

absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to ; forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium ; within a dream; while dreaming

に

| x14 | Rank #17

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

なる

| x22 | Rank #40

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

安(あん)永(えい)

| x2 | Rank #71,299

An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)

六(ろく)

| x2 | Rank #3,418

six; 6

年(とし)

| x5 | Rank #154

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

年(とし)明(あ)け

| x2 | Rank #19,855

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

馬(うま)面(づら)

| x2 | Rank #74,908

long thin face ; Black Scraper (fish)

太夫(たゆう)

| x8 | Rank #42,815

high-ranking noh actor ; head of a school of noh performance ; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period) ; jōruri narrator; manzai narrator ; female role actor in kabuki ; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) ; head of a sarugaku troupe ; senior priest at a Shinto shrine

めでたい

| x2 | Rank #4,990

happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous ; naive

ぶぜん

| x2 | Rank #127,662

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; glum; astonished; dumbfounded ; indignant; angry

富本

| x13 | Rank #141,599

Tomimoto ; Tonmoto

豊(ゆたか)

| x3 | Rank #6,879

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample ; rich; wealthy; affluent; well-off ; open (mind); relaxed; easy ; plump (e.g. breasts); full; ample ; (well) over; (easily) in excess of

前(さき)

| x3 | 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

襲(しゅう)名(めい)

| x2 | Rank #35,561

succession to another's professional name

直(じき)伝(でん)

| x2 | Rank #23,494

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

本(もと)

| x14 | Rank #635

origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees

売(う)れ行(ゆ)き

| x2 | Rank #25,981

sales; demand

も

| x76 | 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

よく

| x9 | Rank #138

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully ; frequently; often ; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ... ; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...

よし

| x1 | Rank #422

reason; significance; cause ; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

わら

| x1 | Rank #15,357

straw

つた

| x3 | Rank #26,370

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

や

| x12 | Rank #69

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

吉原

| x36 | Rank #29,166

Yoshihara

蔦屋

| x1 | Rank #148,867

Tsutaya ; Tsutaya (bookshop)

まで

| x9 | Rank #47

until (a time); till; to; up to ; to (a place or person); as far as ; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even ; only; merely

足(あし)を運(はこ)ぶ

| x1 | Rank #20,113

to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

客(きゃく)

| x8 | Rank #1,026

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

出(で)る

| x15 | 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

まいる

| x1 | Rank #1,396

to go; to come; to call ; to be defeated; to collapse; to die ; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed ; to be madly in love ; to visit (shrine, grave)

じゅう

| x2 | Rank #39,058

dwelling; living

ざぶ

| x2 | Rank #57,476

seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base

ろう

| x2 | Rank #7,314

wax

蔦屋重三郎

| x2 | Rank #158,335

Tsutaya Juuzaburō (1750.2.13-1797.5.31)

ありがとうございました

| x2 | Rank #631

thank you

半次郎

| x4 | Rank #101,789

Hanjirō

あ

| x10 | Rank #50

ah; oh ; hey!

女(おんな)

| x4 | Rank #276

woman; female ; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

ここ

| x7 | 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 ...

買(か)う

| x1 | 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.)

ねぇ

| x16 | Rank #1,122

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 ...

様(よう)だ

| x2 | Rank #4,049

it seems that ...; it appears that ... ; is like ...; is similar to ...

けど

| x5 | Rank #42

but; however; although

思(おも)う

| x5 | Rank #60

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

より

| x5 | Rank #130

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

んだ

| x39 | Rank #20

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

よ

| x92 | Rank #11

hey; you ; hey ; hey; hold on ; yo; hey

なあ

| x2 | Rank #293

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?

とめ

| x2 | Rank #29,682

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke) ; remaining (e.g. poste-restante) ; forty-five degree angle

しろう

| x2 | Rank #45,237

adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax

留四郎

| x13 | Rank #206,213

Tomeshirou

しばる

| x2 | Rank #14,886

to tie; to bind; to fasten ; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

いまち

| x2 | Rank #68,154

sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

ええ

| x3 | Rank #182

yes; that is correct; right ; um; errr; well ; huh? ; grrr; gah; must I? ; good

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