Jiten beta

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

雑(ざっ)誌(し)

| x1 | Rank #2,840

magazine; journal; periodical

連(れん)載(さい)

| x1 | Rank #6,945

serialization; serialisation; serial story

持(も)つ

| x3 | 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

読(どく)者(しゃ)

| x1 | Rank #5,857

reader

募(ぼ)集(しゅう)

| x1 | Rank #4,934

recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications ; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation ; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

奇(き)妙(みょう)

| x1 | Rank #3,750

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

体(たい)験(けん)談(だん)

| x1 | Rank #30,376

story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial

もと

| x1 | Rank #1,842

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

短(たん)編(ぺん)

| x1 | Rank #21,585

short (e.g. story, film)

発(はっ)表(ぴょう)

| x1 | Rank #1,788

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling

ドア

| x3 | Rank #1,137

door

開(ひら)く

| x4 | Rank #430

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack ; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out ; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning) ; to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen ; to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open ; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start ; to open (ports, borders, etc.) ; to open (an account) ; to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ; to open (a file, etc.)

フッ

| x1 | Rank #440

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

すべて

| x2 | Rank #1,034

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

始(はじ)まり

| x1 | Rank #2,015

origin; beginning; start

となる

| x1 | Rank #923

to become; to be

手(て)紙(がみ)

| x3 | Rank #1,484

letter; note

手(て)元(もと)

| x1 | Rank #4,093

at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand ; way of moving one's arms; skill ; money at hand; pocket money ; grip; handle

届(とど)く

| x5 | Rank #738

to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound) ; to be delivered; to arrive ; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough ; to be realized (of a desire); to be fulfilled; to get through (to someone); to be appreciated; to make an impression

年(とし)

| x12 | Rank #151

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

５(ご)月(がつ)

| x3 | Rank #6,232

May ; fifth month of the lunar calendar

学(がく)生(せい)

| x1 | Rank #1,969

student (esp. a university student)

でも

| x16 | Rank #37

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

さ

| x3 | Rank #113

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

階(かい)

| x2 | Rank #2,274

storey; story; floor ; stairs ; stage (in chronostratigraphy) ; counter for storeys and floors of a building

部(ぶ)分(ぶん)

| x1 | Rank #1,392

portion; section; part

なんて

| x6 | Rank #79

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

差(さし)出(だし)人(にん)

| x1 | Rank #11,703

sender (e.g. of mail)

都(と)内(ない)

| x1 | Rank #7,519

within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

大(だい)学(がく)

| x1 | Rank #1,224

university; college ; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators) ; the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

建(けん)築(ちく)

| x1 | Rank #9,797

construction; architecture (of buildings)

デザイン

| x1 | Rank #3,106

design

学(まな)ぶ

| x1 | Rank #1,888

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

女(じょ)子(し)

| x1 | Rank #1,516

woman; girl

大(だい)学(がく)生(せい)

| x1 | Rank #4,989

university student; college student

仮(け)

| x2 | Rank #2,542

lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance

呼(よ)ぶ

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to call out (to); to call; to invoke ; to summon (a doctor, etc.) ; to invite ; to designate; to name; to brand ; to garner (support, etc.); to gather ; to take as one's wife

おくる

| x2 | Rank #359

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

ミステリー

| x2 | Rank #11,964

mystery

研(けん)究(きゅう)会(かい)

| x2 | Rank #17,947

research society ; study class (e.g. religious) ; seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

部(ぶ)長(ちょう)

| x1 | Rank #3,502

head (chief, director) of a section or department ; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

務(つと)める

| x1 | Rank #3,110

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

彼(かの)女(じょ)

| x5 | Rank #310

she; her ; girlfriend

入(にゅう)学(がく)

| x1 | Rank #4,205

admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation

過(す)ごす

| x1 | Rank #1,042

to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live ; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess ; to take care of; to support ; to overdo; to do too much ; to ... without acting on it; to ... without getting involved

学(がく)生(せい)寮(りょう)

| x1 | Rank #32,713

student accommodation; student dormitory

離(はな)れる

| x3 | Rank #545

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

通(つう)学(がく)

| x1 | Rank #12,593

commuting to school; school commute

にも

| x5 | Rank #147

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

生(せい)活(かつ)

| x5 | Rank #748

life; living ; livelihood; (one's) living

便(べん)利(り)

| x1 | Rank #2,832

convenient; handy; useful

郊(こう)外(がい)

| x1 | Rank #11,363

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

とある

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a certain ...

街(まち)

| x1 | Rank #1,214

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

へ

| x4 | Rank #75

to; towards; for

越(こ)す

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across ; to get over (e.g. hardship) ; to pass time (e.g. a winter) ; to surpass; to be better than; to exceed ; to move house ; to go; to come

ばかり

| x2 | Rank #346

only; merely; nothing but; no more than ; approximately; about ; just (finished, etc.) ; as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute ; indicates emphasis ; always; constantly

上(じょう)京(きょう)

| x1 | Rank #12,372

going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo

当(とう)初(しょ)

| x1 | Rank #4,413

beginning; start; outset ; at first; at the beginning; initially; originally

不(ふ)安(あん)

| x1 | Rank #908

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense

東(とう)京(きょう)

| x1 | Rank #1,159

Tokyo

で

| x56 | Rank #8

at; in ; at; when ; by; with

慣(な)れ

| x1 | Rank #8,979

practice; experience; habituation ; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in

以(い)前(ぜん)

| x7 | Rank #970

before; prior to; ago ; the past; before; previously; former times

憧(あこが)れる

| x1 | Rank #2,267

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to; to admire; to adore

一人(ひとり)暮(ぐ)らし

| x2 | Rank #7,035

living by oneself; living alone

始(はじ)める

| x2 | Rank #337

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 ...

築(ちく)年(ねん)

| x1 | Rank #57,522

age of a building; number of years since construction

建(だ)て

| x1 | Rank #12,481

indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building ; indicates denomination

賃(ちん)貸(たい)

| x1 | Rank #25,398

leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting

マンション

| x16 | Rank #3,442

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat