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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

音(おと)

| x5 | Rank #413

sound; noise ; (musical) note ; fame

どうして

| x2 | Rank #179

how; in what way; by what means ; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for ; cannot possibly ; no way

母(はは)

| x3 | Rank #893

mother

は

| x100 | Rank #2

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

あんな

| x1 | Rank #246

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

表(ひょう)情(じょう)

| x1 | Rank #1,646

facial expression; countenance ; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

を

| x90 | 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.

する

| x10 | 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

だろう

| x10 | Rank #82

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

おびえる

| x1 | Rank #5,147

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

声(こえ)

| x1 | Rank #197

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

女(じょ)帝(てい)

| x2 | Rank #29,067

empress

さあ

| x1 | Rank #264

come (on); come now; come along; here ; all right; right; okay; now; here goes ; well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure ; here; now; there (we go); ah; oh ; about that, ...; actually, ...

部屋(へや)

| x4 | Rank #324

room; chamber ; apartment; flat; pad ; stable

に

| x63 | 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

戻(もど)る

| x2 | Rank #190

to turn back (e.g. half-way) ; to return; to go back ; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned ; to rebound; to spring back

ああ

| x4 | Rank #67

ah!; oh!; alas! ; yes; indeed; that is correct ; aah; gah; argh ; hey!; yo! ; uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

あの

| x13 | Rank #43

that; those; the

老(ろう)人(じん)

| x3 | Rank #4,132

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

老(ろう)婆(ば)

| x3 | Rank #16,193

old woman

誰(だれ)

| x1 | Rank #123

who

だった

| x6 | Rank #35

was; were

うまい

| x1 | Rank #318

skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate ; delicious; tasty; good; nice ; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid

思(おも)い出(だ)す

| x1 | Rank #461

to recall; to remember; to recollect

ハァハァ

| x2 | Rank #3,180

gasp; pant

嫌(いや)

| x1 | Rank #443

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant ; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome ; no!; quit it!; stop!

夢(ゆめ)

| x1 | Rank #340

dream

だ

| x28 | Rank #9

be; is

フッ

| x1 | Rank #450

hah (derisively); pooh ; pfft (of something disappearing); poof ; huff; puff

と

| x38 | Rank #6

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

が

| x99 | 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

何(なに)者(もの)

| x2 | Rank #1,577

who; what kind of person

な

| x6 | Rank #37

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

か

| x36 | 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

頃(ころ)

| x1 | Rank #749

(approximate) time; around; about; toward ; suitable time (or condition) ; time of year; season

知(し)る

| x5 | Rank #95

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

由(よし)

| x1 | Rank #8,902

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

も

| x35 | 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

ない

| x5 | Rank #32

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

後(あと)

| x1 | Rank #270

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

教(おし)える

| x1 | Rank #226

to teach; to instruct ; to tell; to inform; to show ; to preach

父(ちち)

| x2 | Rank #795

father

で

| x10 | Rank #8

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

祖(そ)母(ぼ)

| x1 | Rank #7,072

grandmother

そして

| x3 | Rank #156

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

ずっと

| x3 | Rank #185

continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout ; much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal ; far (away); long (ago, before, after) ; straight; directly

思(おも)う

| x6 | 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

男(おとこ)

| x1 | Rank #176

man; male ; fellow; guy; chap; bloke ; male lover; boyfriend; man ; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

兄(あに)

| x3 | Rank #1,359

older brother; elder brother ; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

という

| x11 | Rank #77

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

こと

| x25 | 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 ...

倒(たお)れる

| x3 | Rank #987

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple ; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away ; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork) ; to die; to be killed ; to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under ; to be defeated (in a game); to lose ; to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

妙(みょう)

| x2 | Rank #1,164

strange; weird; odd; curious ; wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence ; cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill

ところで

| x1 | Rank #469

by the way; incidentally; well; now ; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

鈍(おそ)い

| x1 | Rank #4,213

slow ; late ; too late

女(じょ)官(かん)

| x1 | Rank #40,946

court lady; lady-in-waiting

でも

| x5 | Rank #38

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

そろそろ

| x2 | Rank #382

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

気(き)づく

| x4 | Rank #1,029

to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense; to suspect ; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round

はずだ

| x3 | Rank #554

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

もしくは

| x1 | Rank #3,381

or; otherwise

すでに

| x1 | Rank #2,298

already ; previously; before ; undeniably; unmistakably; in the first place

だったら

| x1 | Rank #254

if it's the case

気(き)が楽(らく)

| x1 | Rank #9,268

feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

なんだ

| x1 | Rank #73

what!; oh ; what the heck; what the; damn

いつまでも

| x1 | Rank #1,447

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly; for a long time

黙(だま)る

| x1 | Rank #437

to be silent; to say nothing

おくる

| x1 | Rank #356

to give (as a gift); to present ; to confer; to bestow; to award

わけにはいかない

| x1 | Rank #1,718

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

寝(ね)息(いき)

| x1 | Rank #7,006

breathing of a sleeping person

ろうか

| x1 | Rank #29,461

corridor; hallway; passageway

ん

| x8 | Rank #28

yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during

がん

| x1 | Rank #4,621

cancer

昔(むかし)々(むかし)

| x1 | Rank #20,631

long ago; once upon a time

この

| x28 | Rank #26

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

国(くに)

| x4 | Rank #905

country; state ; region ; national government; central government ; home (i.e. hometown, home country) ; province (of Japan) ; land; earth

には

| x8 | 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)

別(べつ)

| x2 | Rank #431

distinction; difference; discrimination ; separate; different; another; extra ; exception; exclusion ; classified by; ranked by; according to

民(たみ)

| x4 | Rank #5,276

people; citizens; subjects; folk

住(す)む

| x2 | Rank #707

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

その

| x8 | Rank #24

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

たち

| x6 | Rank #186

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

持(も)つ

| x7 | Rank #122

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck

地(ち)

| x15 | Rank #1,665

earth; ground; land; soil ; place ; territory ; bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ; earth (one of the five elements)

より

| x6 | Rank #130

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

貴(とうと)い

| x3 | Rank #30,301

precious; valuable; priceless ; noble; exalted; sacred

血(ち)筋(すじ)

| x5 | Rank #11,042

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

女(じょ)性(せい)

| x5 | Rank #704

woman; female ; feminine gender

やる

| x8 | Rank #54

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study ; to send; to dispatch; to despatch ; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) ; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer ; to make (a vehicle) go faster ; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise ; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke ; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ; to ease (one's mind) ; to harm; to injure; to kill

くる

| x6 | 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 ...")

胎(たい)

| x1 | Rank #41,146

womb

天(あめ)の

| x1 | Rank #10,093

heavenly; celestial; divine

子(す)

| x1 | Rank #2,233

honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

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