Jiten beta

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

時(じ)代(だい)

| x1 | Rank #784

period; epoch; era; age ; the times; those days ; oldness; ancientness; antiquity ; antique; period piece

今(いま)から

| x2 | Rank #1,079

from now; from this moment; henceforth

十(じゅう)年(ねん)

| x1 | Rank #6,379

ten years; decade

近(ちか)く

| x3 | Rank #499

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to ; shortly; soon

前(さき)

| x6 | Rank #108

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

こと

| x45 | 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 ...

うめき声(ごえ)

| x1 | Rank #6,606

groan; moan; moaning

江(え)戸(ど)時(じ)代(だい)

| x1 | Rank #13,572

Edo period (1603-1868)

初(しょ)頭(とう)

| x1 | Rank #33,963

beginning (of a century, etc.)

徳(とく)川(がわ)幕(ばく)府(ふ)

| x1 | Rank #56,772

Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate

は

| x223 | Rank #2

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

政(せい)治(じ)体(たい)制(せい)

| x1 | Rank #62,748

political system

を

| x218 | 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.

揺(ゆ)るぎない

| x1 | Rank #16,726

firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering

もの

| x19 | Rank #78

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

に

| x151 | 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

| x24 | 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

と

| x85 | Rank #6

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

国(くに)替(が)え

| x17 | Rank #95,472

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period) ; change of constituency (for a politician); change of district

いわゆる

| x1 | Rank #2,658

what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

大(だい)名(みょう)

| x1 | Rank #21,857

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

引(ひ)っ越(こ)し

| x31 | Rank #5,215

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

数(かず)多(おお)く

| x1 | Rank #7,703

in great numbers

行(おこ)なう

| x1 | Rank #23,496

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

それ

| x25 | Rank #24

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

鶴(つる)の一(ひと)声(こえ)

| x1 | Rank #70,807

final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement

もと

| x1 | Rank #1,837

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

実(じっ)行(こう)

| x1 | Rank #3,227

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; action; implementation; fulfillment; realization ; execution (of a program); run

指(し)示(じ)

| x1 | Rank #1,555

indication; denotation; designation ; instructions; directions

藩(はん)

| x54 | Rank #21,775

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

決(けっ)して

| x2 | Rank #960

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

できる

| x8 | Rank #86

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

デシ

| x5 | Rank #267

deci-; 10^-1

た

| x7 | Rank #148

did; (have) done ; (please) do

命(めい)ずる

| x1 | Rank #16,919

to order; to command ; to appoint

士(さむらい)

| x27 | Rank #5,316

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai ; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

だけ

| x11 | Rank #40

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

で

| x27 | Rank #28

without doing ...

ない

| x7 | Rank #34

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

その

| x9 | Rank #23

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

家(か)族(ぞく)

| x3 | Rank #570

family

も

| x87 | 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

住(す)む

| x1 | Rank #707

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

慣(な)れる

| x1 | Rank #886

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with ; to become skilled in; to become experienced at ; to become tame; to become domesticated ; to get used to doing

土(と)地(ち)

| x1 | Rank #2,419

plot of land; lot; soil ; locality; region; place

離(はな)れる

| x3 | Rank #534

to be separated; to be apart; to be distant ; to leave; to go away ; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up ; to lose connection with; to drift away from

新(あたら)しい

| x3 | Rank #397

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

任(にん)地(ち)

| x1 | Rank #59,990

one's place of appointment; one's post

へ

| x8 | Rank #73

to; towards; for

旅(たび)立(だ)つ

| x1 | Rank #5,602

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark ; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

数(かず)

| x2 | Rank #527

number; amount

よる

| x2 | Rank #516

to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to ; to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet ; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit ; to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ; to grow (wrinkly) ; to lean against; to recline on ; to push one's opponent while holding their belt ; to decide on a price and come to a deal ; to be swayed by (a person); to yield to

時(とき)に

| x1 | Rank #1,382

by the way; incidentally ; sometimes; occasionally; on occasion ; precisely (at that time); exactly; just (then); right (then)

一(いち)万(まん)

| x1 | Rank #11,486

10,000; ten thousand

超(こ)える

| x3 | Rank #1,199

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past ; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

一(いち)部(ぶ)

| x1 | Rank #1,338

one part; one portion; one section ; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

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

江(え)戸(ど)

| x5 | Rank #9,458

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

往(おう)復(ふく)

| x1 | Rank #6,871

making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going ; round-trip ticket; return ticket ; correspondence; exchanging (of letters) ; keeping company (with); socializing; visiting each other

参(さん)勤(きん)交(こう)代(たい)

| x1 | Rank #89,516

daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)

比(くら)べる

| x1 | Rank #1,422

to compare; to make a comparison (between) ; to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

桁(けた)外(はず)れ

| x1 | Rank #24,923

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

規(き)模(ぼ)

| x1 | Rank #4,279

scale; scope; plan; structure

中(なか)でも

| x1 | Rank #3,784

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

越前

| x5 | Rank #35,945

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

松(まつ)

| x5 | Rank #8,873

pine tree (Pinus spp.) ; highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

平(ひら)家(や)

| x3 | Rank #42,725

bungalow; one-story house

日本(にほん)各(かく)地(ち)

| x1 | Rank #36,513

all over Japan

要(よう)所(しょ)

| x1 | Rank #27,588

important position; strategic point ; important point; main point; essentials

守(まも)る

| x3 | Rank #332

to protect; to guard; to defend ; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

ため

| x5 | Rank #176

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

繰(く)り返(かえ)す

| x1 | Rank #1,253

to repeat; to do over again

て

| x20 | 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

| x12 | Rank #45

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

のです

| x15 | Rank #444

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

止(と)まる

| x2 | Rank #684

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

レ

| x5 | Rank #1,131

re (2nd note of a major scale in movable-do solfège); ray ; D (note in the fixed-do system)

ー

| x30 | Rank #644

long-vowel mark

どく

| x1 | Rank #2,149

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way ; to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede

くれる

| x5 | Rank #64

to give; to let (one) have ; to give ; to do for one; to take the trouble to do ; to do to someone's disadvantage

たち

| x22 | Rank #163

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

殿(どの)

| x85 | Rank #2,685

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

殿(しんがり)

| x13 | Rank #9,434

rear; rear unit guard ; anchor (man)

御(ご)免(めん)

| x4 | Rank #9,773

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me ; may I come in? ; permission; leave; license ; dismissal; discharge ; not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid

うわっ

| x2 | Rank #582

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

夢(ゆめ)

| x4 | Rank #340

dream

か

| x75 | 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

おっ

| x5 | Rank #506

oh; oops

悪(わる)い

| x2 | Rank #139

bad; poor; undesirable ; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient ; evil; sinful ; ugly; not beautiful ; at fault; to blame; in the wrong ; bad (at doing something) ; unprofitable; unbeneficial ; sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

で

| x45 | Rank #8

at; in ; at; when ; by; with

見(み)る

| x8 | Rank #67

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) ...

ですか

| x15 | Rank #91

indicates question

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