Meshi wo Kurahite Hana to Tsugu - Episode 2 - Vocabulary

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

立(た)ち並(なら)ぶ

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line ; to be equal to; to be on a par with

街(まち)

| x1 | Rank #1,214

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

の

| x41 | Rank #1

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

路(ろ)地(じ)裏(うら)

| x1 | Rank #14,545

back street; back alley; off-street

に

| x16 | 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

小(ちい)さな

| x1 | Rank #928

small; little; tiny

町(まち)中(ちゅう)華(か)

| x4 | Rank #92,138

simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant

ある

| x6 | Rank #31

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about ; to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)

そこ

| x2 | Rank #124

there (place relatively near listener) ; there (place just mentioned); that place ; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) ; you

ただ

| x1 | Rank #174

ordinary; common; usual ; free of charge ; unaffected; as is; safe ; only; merely; just; simply ; but; however; nevertheless

おいしい

| x1 | Rank #531

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty ; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable

料(りょう)理(り)

| x1 | Rank #1,018

cooking; cookery; cuisine; food; dish ; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

を

| x15 | 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.

作(つく)る

| x1 | Rank #211

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct ; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) ; to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train ; to till ; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write ; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose ; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found ; to have (a child) ; to make up (one's face, etc.) ; to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)

こと

| x11 | 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 ...

命(いのち)をかける

| x1 | Rank #37,068

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

男(おとこ)

| x1 | Rank #171

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

いる

| x4 | Rank #45

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

この

| x5 | Rank #25

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

店(みせ)

| x3 | Rank #651

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

来(く)る

| x2 | Rank #76

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 ...")

くる

| x3 | 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 ...")

客(きゃく)

| x2 | Rank #991

guest; visitor ; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger ; counter for containers used to entertain guests

は

| x16 | Rank #2

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

みんな

| x1 | Rank #115

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

口(くち)

| x2 | Rank #328

mouth ; opening; hole; gap; orifice ; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece ; gate; door; entrance; exit ; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) ; taste; palate ; mouth (to feed) ; opening (i.e. vacancy); available position ; invitation; summons ; kind; sort; type

揃(そろ)える

| x1 | Rank #5,732

to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection) ; to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready ; to make uniform; to make even; to match

こう言(い)う

| x1 | Rank #8,907

such; this sort of; like this

よ

| x9 | Rank #11

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

何(なに)か

| x5 | Rank #103

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

よい

| x3 | Rank #125

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem ; easy to ...

ってね

| x2 | Rank #5,753

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it ; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

夫(おっと)

| x4 | Rank #1,895

husband

ほら

| x1 | Rank #201

look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

これ

| x5 | Rank #32

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

も

| x16 | 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

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)

行(い)く

| x6 | Rank #62

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

いく

| x2 | Rank #118

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

落(お)ち着(つ)く

| x1 | Rank #503

to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax ; to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate ; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in ; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.); to be fixed; to have been reached ; to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit ; to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued

だ

| x11 | Rank #9

be; is

し

| x2 | Rank #67

and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also ; because; since ; the thing is; for one thing

久(ひさ)々(びさ)

| x1 | Rank #2,807

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

２(ふた)人(り)

| x1 | Rank #381

two persons; two people; pair; couple

で

| x10 | Rank #8

at; in ; at; when ; by; with

旅(りょ)行(こう)

| x1 | Rank #2,168

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

でも

| x8 | 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

どうかな

| x1 | Rank #7,589

how about ...? ; I wonder; I don't know

って

| x8 | 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 ...

久美

| x23 | Rank #36,966

Kyūmi ; Naomi ; Harumi ; Hisami ; Hisayoshi

いい

| x6 | Rank #29

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem

ね

| x18 | 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 ...

え

| x5 | Rank #100

eh?; what?; oh? ; yes; that's correct ; strengthens a question, assertion, etc. ; hey

こんな

| x4 | Rank #85

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

何(なん)年(ねん)

| x1 | Rank #2,235

how many years; how long ; what year

ぶり

| x1 | Rank #943

way; manner; style ; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ... ; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...) ; tune; tone

だろう

| x5 | Rank #84

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

昔(むかし)

| x1 | Rank #316

the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago ; the past ten years; the past decade

よく

| x1 | Rank #144

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully ; frequently; often ; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ... ; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...

よね

| x4 | Rank #146

isn't that right?

懐(なつ)かしい

| x1 | Rank #1,363

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

あ

| x9 | Rank #41

ah; oh ; hey!

食(た)べる

| x4 | Rank #228

to eat ; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

ほんと

| x3 | Rank #1,505

truth; reality; actuality; fact ; proper; right; correct; official ; genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable

ごめん

| x2 | Rank #216

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

サーバー

| x1 | Rank #13,084

server ; (cake) server ; (water) dispenser ; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)

トラブル

| x1 | Rank #2,958

trouble; difficulty; problem; quarrel; conflict; dispute; fight ; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; malfunction ; (medical) condition; disorder; problem

で

| x4 | Rank #28

without doing ...

さ

| x2 | Rank #113

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

俺(おれ)

| x4 | Rank #52

I; me

と

| x8 | Rank #6

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

ダメ

| x4 | Rank #408

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken ; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless ; cannot; must not; not allowed ; neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game ; no!; stop!

うんうん

| x1 | Rank #2,570

uh-huh; mm-hmm ; with a moan; with a groan

急(きゅう)

| x1 | Rank #543

sudden; abrupt; unexpected ; urgent; pressing ; steep; sharp; precipitous ; rapid; swift; fast ; emergency; crisis; danger ; urgency; hurrying; haste ; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

話(はなし)

| x2 | Rank #102

talk; speech; chat; conversation ; topic; subject ; discussions; negotiation; argument ; rumor; talk; hearsay ; tale; story; fable ; circumstances; particulars

仕(し)方(かた)ない

| x2 | Rank #1,670

there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

いってらっしゃい

| x1 | Rank #2,996

have a good day; take care; see you

はぁ

| x3 | Rank #523

yes; indeed; well ; ha! ; what?; huh? ; sigh

んだ

| x6 | Rank #19

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

今(こん)日(にち)は

| x1 | Rank #546

hello; good day; good afternoon

１(ひと)人(り)

| x2 | Rank #592

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

好(す)き

| x2 | Rank #172

liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite ; liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved ; faddism; eccentricity ; as one likes; as it suits one ; lecherous; lustful; salacious

する

| x5 | 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

欲(ほ)しい

| x1 | Rank #428

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for ; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

洋(よう)服(ふく)

| x1 | Rank #5,174

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

買(か)い

| x1 | Rank #3,907

buying; shopping ; buyer ; purchase

雑(ざっ)貨(か)屋(や)

| x1 | Rank #21,224

general store

さん

| x2 | Rank #22

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ; politeness marker

にも

| x1 | Rank #147

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

化(け)粧(しょう)品(ひん)

| x1 | Rank #14,100

cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup

見(み)る

| x6 | Rank #66

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) ...

か

| x12 | 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

な

| x7 | Rank #20

don't ; do ; hey; listen; look; say ; now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know ; wow; ooh ; right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; indicates na-adjective