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

もの

| x2 | 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

とは

| x5 | Rank #89

indicates word or phrase being defined ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; with ; (not) as much as; (not) so much as ; the fact that; to think that; such a thing as

一(いっ)切(さい)

| x1 | Rank #1,374

all; everything; entirety; the whole ; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; without exception

関(かん)係(けい)

| x3 | Rank #358

relation; relationship; connection ; participation; involvement; concern ; influence; effect ; sexual relations; sexual relationship ; related to; connected to

が

| x144 | 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

大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう)選(せん)挙(きょ)

| x6 | Rank #66,443

presidential election

に

| x92 | 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

立(りっ)候(こう)補(ほ)

| x3 | Rank #10,691

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

する

| x29 | 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

つもり

| x3 | Rank #201

intention; plan; purpose; expectation ; belief; assumption; thought; conviction ; estimate; estimation; calculation

ですか

| x16 | Rank #91

indicates question

代(だい)行(こう)

| x54 | Rank #12,781

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

答(こた)える

| x2 | Rank #708

to answer; to reply

くださる

| x12 | Rank #142

to give; to confer; to bestow ; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

出(しゅつ)馬(ば)

| x2 | Rank #30,762

running (for election); coming forward as a candidate ; going on horseback (to a battle) ; going in person ; letting out a horse; taking out a horse

権(けん)力(りょく)

| x3 | Rank #4,817

(political) power; authority; influence

味(あじ)

| x1 | Rank #1,050

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

を

| x158 | 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.

知(し)る

| x8 | 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

ん

| x8 | Rank #28

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

だろう

| x3 | Rank #82

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

か

| x35 | 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

あるいは

| x2 | Rank #2,070

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

自(じ)分(ぶん)

| x3 | Rank #90

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself ; I; me ; you

意(い)外(がい)

| x1 | Rank #818

unexpected; surprising

と

| x71 | Rank #6

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

勝(しょう)負(ぶ)師(し)

| x1 | Rank #44,529

gambler ; risk taker

だ

| x46 | Rank #9

be; is

気(き)付(づ)く

| x1 | Rank #1,178

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

始(はじ)める

| x2 | Rank #330

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate ; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish ; to start ...; to begin to ...

も

| x52 | 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

言(い)う

| x7 | Rank #45

to say; to utter; to declare ; to name; to call ; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

よね

| x6 | Rank #140

isn't that right?

大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう)

| x11 | Rank #9,822

president (of a country) ; big man; boss; buddy; mate

必(ひつ)要(よう)

| x4 | Rank #268

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable ; necessity; need; requirement

ストーリー

| x1 | Rank #6,470

story; tale; legend ; plot; storyline

性(さが)

| x1 | Rank #2,698

one's nature; one's destiny ; custom; tradition; habit; convention

カリスマ性(せい)

| x1 | Rank #24,711

charisma

運(うん)

| x1 | Rank #2,190

fortune; luck; chance

それ

| x6 | Rank #23

that; it ; then; that point (in time); that time ; there ; you

で

| x23 | Rank #8

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

パク

| x21 | Rank #11,813

Paik

テロ

| x5 | Rank #9,432

terror; terrorism

きっかけ

| x1 | Rank #1,652

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion

国(くに)

| x8 | Rank #905

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

最(さい)高(こう)

| x1 | Rank #636

best; supreme; wonderful; finest ; highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme

手(て)

| x3 | Rank #116

hand; arm ; forepaw; foreleg ; handle ; hand; worker; help ; trouble; care; effort ; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship ; hand; handwriting ; kind; type; sort ; one's hands; one's possession ; ability to cope

入(い)れる

| x2 | Rank #215

to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to install (e.g. software); to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. tattoo) ; to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire ; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to ; to include ; to pay (one's rent, etc.) ; to cast (a vote) ; to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ; to turn on (a switch, etc.) ; to send (a fax); to call

暗(あん)殺(さつ)未(み)遂(すい)

| x1 | Rank #46,229

attempted assassination

にも

| x13 | Rank #141

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

屈(くっ)する

| x1 | Rank #6,505

to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink ; to bend (knee, etc.) ; to subdue; to overpower ; to feel down

職(しょく)務(む)

| x4 | Rank #8,571

professional duties

復(ふっ)帰(き)

| x1 | Rank #4,481

return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement ; carriage return

３(みっ)つ

| x1 | Rank #2,133

three ; three years of age

全(すべ)て

| x5 | Rank #725

everything; all; the whole ; entirely; completely; wholly; all

備(そな)わる

| x1 | Rank #10,194

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be equipped with ; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be gifted with ; to be among; to be one of

有(ゆう)力(りょく)

| x1 | Rank #7,293

influential; prominent ; strong; likely; plausible; potent

思(おも)う

| x9 | 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

当(あ)てる

| x2 | Rank #1,676

to hit ; to expose ; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against ; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class) ; to guess (an answer) ; to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

みる

| x4 | Rank #118

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) ...

深(しん)夜(や)

| x1 | Rank #3,973

late at night

ニュース

| x2 | Rank #2,316

news

キャスター

| x1 | Rank #17,057

caster ; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman; anchorwoman

やる

| x5 | 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

て

| x15 | 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 ...

見(み)える

| x4 | Rank #194

to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight ; to look; to seem; to appear ; to come

務(つと)める

| x1 | Rank #3,062

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) ; to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) ; to conduct a religious service

いただく

| x2 | Rank #313

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy ; to eat; to drink ; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) ; to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president) ; to get someone to do something

ありがとうございました

| x2 | Rank #631

thank you

当(とう)然(ぜん)

| x4 | Rank #683

natural; right; proper; just; reasonable; appropriate; deserved ; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course

仕(し)事(ごと)

| x2 | Rank #227

work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment ; work

だけ

| x10 | Rank #39

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

です

| x63 | Rank #21

be; is

なる

| x12 | 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

誰(だれ)

| x6 | Rank #123

who

でしょう

| x10 | Rank #161

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

ね

| x32 | Rank #13

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 ...

加(くわ)わる

| x1 | Rank #3,171

to be added to; to be appended ; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate ; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) ; to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted

ので

| x4 | Rank #139

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

流(なが)れ

| x1 | Rank #1,457

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current ; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency ; course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process ; group of people who remain together after the end of an event ; descent; ancestry; school ; forfeiture; foreclosure ; cancellation ; drifting; wandering; roaming

変(か)わる

| x3 | Rank #272

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary ; to move to ; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

支(し)持(じ)率(りつ)

| x16 | Rank #32,550

approval rating

上(あ)がる

| x1 | Rank #565

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised ; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in ; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade ; to get out (of water); to come ashore ; to increase ; to improve; to make progress ; to be promoted; to advance ; to be made (of profit, etc.) ; to occur (esp. of a favourable result) ; to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)

はずです

| x5 | Rank #1,336

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

国(こく)民(みん)

| x15 | Rank #4,851

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national ; Democratic Party for the People

望(のぞ)む

| x1 | Rank #1,013

to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for ; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to ; to see; to command (a view of); to overlook

候(こう)補(ほ)

| x3 | Rank #3,316

candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list ; candidacy; candidature; nomination

ですから

| x6 | Rank #516

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason

権(けん)力(りょく)欲(よく)

| x2 | Rank #61,294

lust for power

政(せい)治(じ)家(か)

| x6 | Rank #5,986

politician; statesman

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