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

影(かげ)

x2 | Rank #1,105

shadow; silhouette; figure; shape ; reflection; image ; ominous sign ; light (stars, moon) ; trace; shadow (of one's former self) ; behind; background; other side

が

x34 | 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

見(み)える

x5 | Rank #280

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

んだ

x21 | Rank #16

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

って

x22 | Rank #15

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 ...

ば

x4 | Rank #702

if ... then; when ; and ; why don't you...? ; the more (one does something) ; because; since

さ

x13 | Rank #90

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

ああ

x15 | Rank #53

ah!; oh!; alas! ; yes; indeed; that is correct ; aah; gah; argh ; hey!; yo! ; uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

しの

x3 | Rank #10,687

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters) ; Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) ; sliver (strand of loose fibers)

先(せん)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #114

teacher; instructor; master ; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. ; intimate or teasing form of address ; one's elder

は

x48 | Rank #2

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

こん

x1 | Rank #46,614

the current ...; this ; today's ...

とき

x2 | Rank #177

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

操(あやつ)る

x4 | Rank #2,150

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer ; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument) ; to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet ; to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind

みたい

x2 | Rank #158

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

言(い)う

x6 | Rank #51

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

よな

x2 | Rank #269

isn't that right?

て

x7 | Rank #1,176

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

こと

x13 | Rank #13

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 ...

やつ

x8 | Rank #201

fellow; guy; chap ; thing; object ; he; she; him; her

いる

x3 | Rank #2,669

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

か

x30 | Rank #9

indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

だけど

x1 | Rank #180

however

それなら

x1 | Rank #1,259

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

ほう

x1 | Rank #22,343

salary

記(き)憶(おく)

x1 | Rank #615

memory; recollection; remembrance ; memory; storage

残(のこ)る

x1 | Rank #557

to remain; to be left

不(ふ)自(し)然(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #4,515

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

だ

x27 | Rank #8

be; is

し

x4 | Rank #69

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

大(だい)体(たい)

x1 | Rank #1,432

generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about ; general; rough ; outline; main points; gist; substance; essence ; in the first place; first and foremost; from the start; to begin with

なら

x2 | Rank #65

if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that ; as for; on the topic of ; if that's the case; if so; that being the case ; if possible; if circumstances allow

何(なに)か

x4 | Rank #100

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

目(もく)的(てき)

x2 | Rank #760

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

ある

x3 | Rank #36

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about

はず

x1 | Rank #291

should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be) ; nock (of a bow) ; nock (of an arrow) ; nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) ; wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

だろう

x6 | Rank #67

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

今(いま)のところ

x1 | Rank #3,933

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

人(ひと)

x1 | Rank #83

person; someone; somebody ; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans ; human (Homo sapiens) ; (other) people; others ; character; personality; nature ; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person ; adult; grown-up ; I; me; one

暴(あば)れる

x2 | Rank #2,423

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

だけ

x6 | Rank #47

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

もん

x3 | Rank #381

indicates reason or excuse ; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

な

x24 | Rank #17

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?

なぁ

x3 | Rank #244

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?

となる

x1 | Rank #926

to become; to be

と

x15 | Rank #6

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

病(びょう)気(き)

x2 | Rank #1,460

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness ; bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing ; crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head

線(せん)

x1 | Rank #2,797

line; stripe; stria ; line (e.g. telephone line); wire ; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam ; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane ; outline; contours; form ; level ; division ; line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle ; impression one leaves; air one gives off

を

x29 | 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.

疑(うたが)う

x1 | Rank #1,554

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

なる

x7 | Rank #43

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

する

x11 | Rank #19

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

お前(まえ)

x5 | Rank #62

you ; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

も

x21 | 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

なんか

x1 | Rank #119

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

腑(ふ)

x1 | Rank #14,270

internal organ; viscera; gut

に

x46 | 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

よ

x23 | Rank #10

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

２(ふた)人(り)

x8 | Rank #256

two persons; two people; pair; couple

サラダ

x16 | Rank #7,634

salad

まったく

x1 | Rank #453

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly ; indeed ; good grief

たち

x3 | Rank #126

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

せい

x1 | Rank #10,707

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment

で

x16 | Rank #24

without doing ...

時(じ)間(かん)

x1 | Rank #169

time ; hour ; period; class; lesson

むだ

x1 | Rank #2,440

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

じゃない

x1 | Rank #45

is not; am not; are not ; isn't it?

すみれ

x27 | Rank #4,205

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

でも

x7 | Rank #39

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

急(きゅう)用(よう)

x1 | Rank #9,939

urgent business

だます

x1 | Rank #2,149

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to swindle; to dupe ; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe; to calm

ちゃ

x1 | Rank #542

tea ; tea plant (Camellia sinensis) ; tea preparation; making tea ; brown ; mockery

だめ

x4 | Rank #200

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!

絶(ぜっ)対(たい)

x2 | Rank #279

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally ; absolute; unconditional; unmistakable ; absoluteness

掃(そう)除(じ)

x1 | Rank #1,961

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

サボる

x1 | Rank #4,034

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

決(き)まる

x2 | Rank #582

to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged ; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set ; to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge ; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch) ; to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo) ; to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

から

x17 | Rank #12

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning

少(しょう)年(ねん)

x2 | Rank #950

boy ; juvenile; child

はぁ

x5 | Rank #137

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

ちょうちょう

x33 | Rank #174,649

town mayor

まあ

x2 | Rank #139

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!

だめんず

x1 | Rank #84,122

good-for-nothing man (as a partner); no-hoper

なんて

x5 | Rank #84

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

どう

x9 | Rank #68

how; in what way; how about

いいから

x1 | Rank #575

never mind that; don't worry about that ; listen up

スイーツ

x2 | Rank #6,914

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

行(い)く

x4 | Rank #79

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 ...

わよ

x1 | Rank #331

emphatic sentence-ending particle