Teuchi - Vocabulary

能(のう)

| x5 | Rank #9,927

talent; gift; function ; noh (theatre)

囃子(はやし)

| x2 | Rank #47,229

accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band

と

| x93 | Rank #6

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

謡(うたい)

| x2 | Rank #48,529

noh chanting; noh chant

空(から)

| x1 | Rank #829

emptiness; being empty ; not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed ; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere

定(さだ)め

| x1 | Rank #13,431

law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement ; destiny; fate; karma

なき

| x2 | Rank #3,270

weeping; lamenting

旅(たび)衣(ごろも)

| x1 | Rank #219,210

travel clothes

日(ひ)

| x1 | Rank #185

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

も

| x58 | 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

年(とし)月(つき)

| x1 | Rank #7,671

months and years

の

| x335 | Rank #1

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

立(た)ち帰(かえ)る

| x1 | Rank #78,319

to come back (to); to return to a starting point

春(はる)

| x1 | Rank #1,696

spring; springtime ; New Year ; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday ; adolescence; puberty ; sexuality; sexual desire

頃(ころ)

| x1 | Rank #756

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

この

| x20 | Rank #25

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

一(いち)

| x13 | Rank #154

one; 1 ; best ; first; foremost ; beginning; start ; a (single); one (of many) ; ace ; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

谷(たに)

| x1 | Rank #6,008

valley

に

| x112 | 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

しばし

| x1 | Rank #5,530

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

は

| x174 | Rank #2

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

ここ

| x2 | Rank #47

here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...

浦(うら)

| x1 | Rank #21,257

inlet ; seashore; beach

うしろ

| x1 | Rank #11,963

back; behind; rear

山(さん)風(ぷう)

| x1 | Rank #77,901

mountain wind

野(の)

| x1 | Rank #4,952

plain; field ; hidden (structural) member ; wild ; lacking a political post

さえ

| x1 | Rank #649

even ; (if) only; just; as long as ; besides; on top of that; what's more

カヘル

| x1 | Rank #177,624

Kachel

海際

| x1 | Rank #117,912

Umigiwa

舟(ふね)

| x1 | Rank #11,997

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane ; tank; tub; vat; trough ; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

夜(よる)

| x1 | Rank #393

night; evening ; dinner

ない

| x3 | Rank #34

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

昼(ひる)

| x1 | Rank #2,046

noon; midday ; daytime ; lunch

千(ち)鳥(どり)

| x1 | Rank #40,862

plover

声(こえ)

| x7 | Rank #189

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

我(わ)が

| x2 | Rank #1,508

my; our; one's own

袖(そで)

| x1 | Rank #5,342

sleeve ; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.) ; flap (of a dust jacket)

波(なみ)

| x1 | Rank #2,411

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell ; ups and downs ; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes ; tendency; (new) wave

にし

| x1 | Rank #5,210

west

を

| x166 | 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.

るる

| x1 | Rank #7,367

in detail; minutely; at great length ; unceasing; continuous; unbroken

磯(いそ)

| x1 | Rank #31,069

(rocky) beach; seashore

枕(まくら)

| x1 | Rank #5,606

pillow; bolster ; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

海(あ)人(ま)

| x1 | Rank #52,363

male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.) ; fisherman

苫(とま)屋(や)

| x1 | Rank #170,460

rush-thatched house

共(とも)寝(ね)

| x1 | Rank #115,508

sleeping together

する

| x18 | 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

新藤

| x38 | Rank #63,931

Arafuji ; Shinfuji ; Niifuji ; Nitsutō

あくび

| x7 | Rank #6,595

yawn; yawning ; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

止(や)む

| x1 | Rank #8,305

to cease; to stop; to be over

茶(ちゃ)坊(ぼう)主(ず)

| x6 | Rank #78,714

tea-server ; flatterer; sycophant

様(さま)

| x25 | Rank #219

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

何(なに)か

| x6 | Rank #103

something; some; any ; somehow; for some reason ; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

用(よう)

| x4 | Rank #422

business; task; errand; engagement ; use; purpose ; for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ... ; call of nature; excretion

か

| x74 | 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

方(ほう)

| x7 | Rank #195

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

ほう

| x3 | Rank #413

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

お召(め)し

| x1 | Rank #26,959

summoning; calling; riding; wearing; dressing; clothing ; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

で

| x21 | Rank #28

without doing ...

ござる

| x14 | Rank #582

to be ; to come; to go; to be (somewhere) ; to be (doing)

戻(もど)る

| x3 | Rank #192

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

くださる

| x3 | Rank #136

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

ようい

| x1 | Rank #238

easy; simple; plain

が

| x143 | 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

俺(おれ)

| x19 | Rank #52

I; me

では

| x23 | Rank #77

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

参(まい)る

| x4 | Rank #1,411

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)

源次郎

| x11 | Rank #71,371

Genshirou ; Genjirō

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 ...

って

| x26 | Rank #18

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 ...

ご

| x1 | Rank #2,886

honorific/polite/humble prefix ; honorific suffix

趣(おもむき)

| x2 | Rank #14,081

meaning; tenor; gist ; effect; influence ; appearance; aspect ; grace; charm; refinement; taste; elegance

ご用(よう)

| x1 | Rank #10,447

(your) business; (your) concern; (your) need ; (customer's) order ; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.) ; arrest; capture ; subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government

横田

| x1 | Rank #38,004

Yokuta ; Yokota ; Yokoda ; Yomita

備中

| x8 | Rank #70,086

Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

守(もり)

| x21 | Rank #8,427

babysitting; babysitter ; protecting; keeping; keeper

上(じょう)意(い)

| x1 | Rank #63,270

will (esp. of shogun); decree; emperor's wishes

その

| x23 | Rank #24

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

儀(ぎ)

| x3 | Rank #10,770

ceremony ; matter; affair; case ; with regard to; as for; as concerns

場(ば)所(しょ)柄(がら)

| x1 | Rank #50,536

character of a place; situation; location; occasion

わきまえる

| x1 | Rank #7,006

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish ; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

本(ほん)日(じつ)

| x3 | Rank #1,075

today; this day

無(ぶ)作(さ)法(ほう)

| x1 | Rank #38,181

ill-mannered; rude

お上(かみ)

| x1 | Rank #20,666

the Emperor; His Majesty ; the government; the authorities ; proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress ; your wife; his wife ; (one's) master; lord

畏(おそ)れる

| x1 | Rank #26,613

to fear; to be afraid of

振(ふ)る舞(ま)い

| x1 | Rank #7,241

behavior; behaviour; conduct ; entertainment; treat; feast; banquet

である

| x3 | Rank #420

be; is

よ

| x50 | Rank #11

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

切(せっ)腹(ぷく)

| x10 | Rank #21,262

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment ; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

もの

| x8 | 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

なり

| x4 | Rank #925

to be ; to be (at a location) ; sum of money

ありがたい

| x2 | Rank #1,470

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

受(う)ける

| x2 | Rank #376

to receive; to get ; to catch (e.g. a ball) ; to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) ; to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) ; to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) ; to be given (e.g. life, talent) ; to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) ; to follow; to succeed; to be descended from ; to face (south, etc.) ; to be modified by

つかまつる

| x3 | Rank #24,305

to serve; to do

松本

| x6 | Rank #14,897

Masamoto ; Masumoto ; Matsuhon ; Matsumoto

つ

| x6 | Rank #312

Tsu (city in Mie) ; harbour; harbor; port ; ferry

で

| x24 | Rank #8

at; in ; at; when ; by; with