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

秘(ひ)密(みつ)

x14 | Rank #1,092

secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy ; mystery ; secret (e.g. to success) ; esoteric teachings

を

x52 | 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.

探(さが)しに

x1 | Rank #9,772

in search of; in order to look for

図(と)書(しょ)室(しつ)

x1 | Rank #6,231

library (usu. single-room); small library

本(もと)

x14 | Rank #675

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

調(しら)べる

x1 | Rank #745

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search

私(わたし)

x8 | Rank #21

I; me

そうこう

x1 | Rank #24,331

hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste

する

x15 | 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

うち

x3 | Rank #10,104

one's house; one's home; one's family; one's household ; house

七(なな)不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ)

x8 | Rank #10,889

seven wonders (of a particular area) ; total mystery; enigma; conundrum

時(とき)の

x4 | Rank #4,091

of the time; at the time ; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

書(しょ)庫(こ)

x4 | Rank #12,102

library; book storage; stack room ; archive (file)

うわさ

x6 | Rank #2,257

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

に

x30 | 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

たどり着(つ)く

x1 | Rank #4,073

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

もし

x1 | Rank #382

if; in case; supposing

が

x57 | 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

ある

x7 | Rank #36

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

なら

x10 | 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

けど

x9 | Rank #34

but; however; although

１(ひと)人(り)

x2 | Rank #410

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

で

x20 | Rank #11

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

行(い)く

x6 | 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 ...

なあ

x3 | Rank #214

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

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?

光(ひかり)

x44 | Rank #561

light ; illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow ; happiness; hope ; influence; power ; vision; eyesight ; optical fiber; optical fibre

先(せん)輩(ぱい)

x12 | Rank #215

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

俺(おれ)

x22 | Rank #23

I; me

も

x22 | 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

チャイム

x2 | Rank #3,774

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

うん

x4 | Rank #54

yes; yeah; uh huh ; hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh? ; oof

ごめん

x1 | Rank #217

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

ね

x24 | Rank #14

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 ...

つきあわせる

x1 | Rank #23,596

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with ; to compare (with); to check (against); to match; to tally

平(へい)気(き)

x4 | Rank #1,194

cool; calm; composed; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmoved; indifferent ; all right; fine; OK; okay

っす

x4 | Rank #574

be; is

ため

x1 | Rank #190

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

火(ひ)

x1 | Rank #943

fire; flame; blaze

中(なか)

x4 | Rank #5,276

inside; interior ; among; within ; middle; center; centre ; during; while; middle; midst; amid ; interval; gap ; mean; average ; second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle ; medium grade; medium quality ; red-light district

水(みず)

x1 | Rank #538

water (esp. cool or cold) ; fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid ; flood; floodwaters ; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

それ

x6 | Rank #26

that; it ; then; that point (in time); that time ; there ; you

あいつ

x7 | Rank #252

he; she; that guy ; that; that one; that thing

って

x27 | 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 ...

し

x4 | Rank #69

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

弱(じゃく)点(てん)

x1 | Rank #3,520

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot

知(し)る

x10 | Rank #120

to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility

とか

x2 | Rank #85

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

源(みなもと)

x2 | Rank #5,639

source (of a river); fountainhead ; source; origin; root

てば

x1 | Rank #19,067

chicken wing

まだ

x1 | Rank #102

still; as yet; only ; (not) yet ; more; (more) still ; at least; comparatively; relatively ; unfinished; incomplete; not yet done

こと

x23 | 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 ...

祓(はら)う

x2 | Rank #18,159

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

気(き)

x3 | Rank #105

spirit; mind; heart ; nature; disposition ; intention; mind; will; motivation ; mood; feelings ; consciousness ; care; attention; consideration; worry ; interest ; (the) air; atmosphere ; ambience; atmosphere (of); air (of); mood ; fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste

なの

x3 | Rank #96

that's the way it is; yes ; is that so?; is it?

ああ

x8 | Rank #53

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

いい

x8 | Rank #29

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

怪(かい)異(い)

x12 | Rank #6,581

mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity ; ghost; monster; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin

なんて

x6 | Rank #84

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

んだ

x17 | Rank #16

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

よ

x31 | Rank #10

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

思(おも)う

x5 | Rank #71

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

何(なに)

x17 | Rank #30

what ; you-know-what; that thing ; whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name ; penis; (one's) thing; dick ; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest ; what?; huh? ; hey!; come on! ; oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)

んです

x6 | Rank #42

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

なのに

x3 | Rank #469

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

だから

x6 | Rank #57

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason ; like I said; I told you already

何(なに)か

x6 | Rank #100

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

違(ちが)う

x2 | Rank #163

to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with) ; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken ; to become abnormal; to go wrong ; isn't it?; wasn't it?

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

じゃあ

x4 | Rank #110

then; well; so; well then

私(わたし)たち

x2 | Rank #307

we; us

知(ち)

x1 | Rank #9,365

wisdom ; jnana (higher knowledge)

仲(ちゅう)間(げん)

x1 | Rank #25,752

samurai's attendant; footman

だ

x30 | Rank #8

be; is

一(いっ)緒(しょ)に

x1 | Rank #178

together (with) ; at the same time ; in one lump; in the same category

頑(がん)張(ば)る

x1 | Rank #324

to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best ; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) ; to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

ウッ

x4 | Rank #164

oof; ough; ulp

あああ

x2 | Rank #1,285

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

あっ

x16 | Rank #35

ah; oh ; hey!

蝶(ちょう)

x2 | Rank #6,516

butterfly

きゃっ

x2 | Rank #2,214

yikes!; eek!; ouch!; blech ; ook; eek ; customer

もしかして

x1 | Rank #497

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance; if I'm not mistaken ; if; in case; in the event that

これ

x12 | Rank #33

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

ん

x20 | Rank #22

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

んん

x4 | Rank #556

hm; um ; huh?; what? ; nuh-uh; no

わっ

x2 | Rank #868

boo! (sound used to scare someone) ; ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation) ; ulp (consternation)

すごい

x2 | Rank #203

terrible; dreadful ; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific ; to a great extent; vast (in numbers) ; awfully; very; immensely

ここ

x7 | Rank #56

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

境(きょう)界(かい)

x1 | Rank #11,913

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

あの世(よ)

x1 | Rank #6,298

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

と

x31 | Rank #6

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

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