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x2 | Rank #3,991

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai ; man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

の

x79 | Rank #1

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

国(くに)

x2 | Rank #411

country; state ; region ; national government; central government ; home (i.e. hometown, home country) ; province (of Japan) ; land; earth

僕(ぼく)ら

x3 | Rank #1,253

が

x41 | 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

そう

x4 | Rank #41

in that way; thus; such ; so ; so?

呼(よ)ぶ

x1 | Rank #348

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

は

x40 | Rank #2

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

今(いま)は昔(むかし)

x1 | Rank #56,533

once upon a time; a long time ago

話(はなし)

x3 | Rank #99

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

年(とし)

x4 | Rank #143

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

前(さき)

x4 | Rank #129

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

突(とつ)如(じょ)

x1 | Rank #6,629

suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #1,207

universe; cosmos; space

から

x12 | 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

舞(ま)い降(お)りる

x1 | Rank #17,274

to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

天(てん)人(じん)

x3 | Rank #24,829

God and man; heaven and man

台(たい)頭(とう)

x2 | Rank #30,956

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

と

x23 | Rank #6

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

廃(はい)刀(とう)令(れい)

x1 | Rank #71,674

sword prohibition

により

x1 | Rank #1,682

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

衰(すい)退(たい)

x2 | Rank #29,548

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

一途

x2 | Rank #13,463

single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)

を

x28 | 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.

たどる

x2 | Rank #8,178

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace ; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over ; to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)

そんな

x6 | Rank #64

such; that sort of; that kind of; like that ; no way!; never!

時(じ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #982

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

に

x55 | 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

持(も)つ

x3 | Rank #190

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

男(おとこ)

x4 | Rank #139

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

ひとり

x1 | Rank #1,271

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

その

x2 | Rank #28

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

名(な)

x1 | Rank #432

name; given name ; title ; fame; renown; reputation ; pretext; pretense; justification; appearance

甘(あま)党(とう)

x1 | Rank #42,339

person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth

アンド

x1 | Rank #9,244

and ; AND (Boolean operator)

無(む)鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう)

x1 | Rank #34,001

rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

この

x7 | Rank #27

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

営(いとな)む

x1 | Rank #17,417

to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.) ; to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life) ; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

万(ばん)事(じ)

x2 | Rank #11,917

all; everything

屋(や)

x2 | Rank #916

shop; store; restaurant ; someone who sells (something) or works as (something) ; someone with a (certain) personality trait ; house ; roof

で

x20 | Rank #10

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

ひょんなことから

x1 | Rank #37,149

by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

働(はたら)く

x1 | Rank #801

to work; to labor; to labour ; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play ; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice ; to be conjugated

こと

x12 | 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 ...

なる

x10 | Rank #44

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

僕(ぼく)

x6 | Rank #74

I; me ; you ; manservant

神楽(かぐら)

x3 | Rank #6,316

kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing

ちゃん

x16 | Rank #54

suffix for familiar person

３(さん)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #757

three people

腐(くさ)る

x1 | Rank #4,277

to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) ; to corrode; to weather; to crumble ; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) ; to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt ; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ; to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to ; to lose a bet ; to be drenched; to become sopping wet

江(え)戸(ど)

x1 | Rank #3,147

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

一(いっ)刀(とう)両(りょう)断(だん)

x1 | Rank #30,248

cutting in two with a single stroke ; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

て

x10 | Rank #1,277

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

アニメ

x2 | Rank #2,526

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

だっけ

x1 | Rank #3,426

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; if I'm not mistaken; remind me; tell me again ; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

おいおい

x2 | Rank #1,208

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa! ; boohoo; waaaa

いいかげん

x2 | Rank #2,938

irresponsible; perfunctory; careless ; lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague ; (already) enough ; considerably; quite; rather; pretty

する

x9 | Rank #18

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

くれる

x4 | Rank #84

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

よ

x32 | Rank #11

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

俺(おれ)

x13 | Rank #24

I; me

たる

x1 | Rank #14,079

to be sufficient; to be enough ; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve ; to do (the job); to serve; to answer

無(む)関(かん)係(けい)

x2 | Rank #5,354

unrelated

だって

x3 | Rank #114

after all; because ; but ; even ; too; as well; also ; they say; I hear; you mean

百(ひゃく)万(まん)

x1 | Rank #14,105

1,000,000; one million; million ; many

回(かい)

x1 | Rank #1,005

counter for occurrences ; a time; an instance ; inning (baseball); round; game ; episode; chapter; instalment ; Hui (people) ; Islam

も

x20 | 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

言(い)う

x6 | Rank #50

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

ん

x14 | Rank #23

yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during

だろう

x6 | Rank #62

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

今(いま)

x4 | Rank #68

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately ; another; more

昔(むかし)

x2 | Rank #435

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

変(か)わる

x2 | Rank #402

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary ; to move to ; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

んだ

x16 | Rank #16

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

犯(はん)人(にん)

x3 | Rank #541

offender; criminal; culprit

限(かぎ)る

x1 | Rank #2,483

to restrict; to limit; to confine ; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to ; to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to)

だ

x24 | Rank #8

be; is

とか

x3 | Rank #86

and the like; such as; among other things; and so on ; or something; something like; a (certain) ; I hear that ...; people say that...; rumour has it that ... ; or something; something like; or whatever

ぬれぎぬ

x1 | Rank #31,035

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge ; wet clothes

かな

x1 | Rank #238

I wonder ; should I?; is it? ; I wish that; I hope that

あんた

x3 | Rank #171

you

何(なん)回(かい)

x2 | Rank #5,199

how many times

聞(き)く

x5 | Rank #134

to hear ; to listen (e.g. to music) ; to ask; to enquire; to query ; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of ; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with ; to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to ; to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance) ; to taste (alcohol); to try

最(さい)初(しょ)から最(さい)後(ご)まで

x1 | Rank #32,834

from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through

全(ぜん)部(ぶ)

x1 | Rank #313

all; entire; whole; altogether

説(せつ)明(めい)

x1 | Rank #830

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

はいはい

x1 | Rank #1,603

crawling (of a baby)

みんな

x1 | Rank #112

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

そう言(い)う

x1 | Rank #2,866

such; like that; that sort of

そういう

x1 | Rank #185

such; like that; that sort of

うち

x1 | Rank #183

inside; within ; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of ; among; amongst; (out) of; between ; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) ; within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts ; we; our company; our organization ; one's home; one's family ; my spouse; my husband; my wife ; signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife ; I; me

子(こ)

x2 | Rank #221

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg

に限(かぎ)って

x1 | Rank #12,218

particularly; only; in the case of

記(き)憶(おく)

x1 | Rank #626

memory; recollection; remembrance ; memory; storage

ござる

x2 | Rank #484

to be

ヤツ

x2 | Rank #355

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

言(こと)葉(ば)

x2 | Rank #192

language; dialect ; word; phrase; expression; term ; speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language ; words; remark; statement; comment ; learning to speak; language acquisition

同(おな)じ

x1 | Rank #175

same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent ; anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ...

くらい

x1 | Rank #227

approximately; about; around; or so ; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least ; as ... as ...; like

信(しん)じる

x1 | Rank #392

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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