Jiten beta

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

返(へん)事(じ)

x1 | Rank #1,236

reply; answer; response

も

x36 | 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

ない

x6 | Rank #1,614

dead

し

x4 | Rank #69

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

転(うたた)寝(ね)

x1 | Rank #86,191

doze; nap; snooze

で

x27 | Rank #11

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

する

x13 | 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

夢(ゆめ)

x3 | Rank #316

dream

を

x83 | 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.

見(み)る

x4 | Rank #87

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) ...

昔(むかし)

x2 | Rank #420

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

の

x87 | 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

蹴(け)鞠(まり)

x2 | Rank #42,643

kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

やる

x3 | Rank #60

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study ; to send; to dispatch; to despatch ; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) ; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer ; to make (a vehicle) go faster ; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise ; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke ; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ; to ease (one's mind) ; to harm; to injure; to kill

な

x20 | 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?

そんな

x8 | Rank #64

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

じゃ

x12 | Rank #46

then; well; so; well then

世(せ)界(かい)

x2 | Rank #223

the world; society; the universe ; sphere; circle; world ; world-renowned; world-famous ; realm governed by one Buddha; space

とは

x6 | Rank #97

indicates word or phrase being defined ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; with ; (not) as much as; (not) so much as ; the fact that; to think that; such a thing as

戦(たたか)う

x1 | Rank #437

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) ; to compete (against) ; to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist

よ

x18 | Rank #10

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

何(なに)

x10 | 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)

わけ

x4 | Rank #9,152

reason; cause; grounds ; meaning; sense ; (good) sense; reason ; circumstances; case ; (romantic) relationship; love affair

分(わ)かんない

x1 | Rank #1,395

not understanding; not knowing

こと

x16 | 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 ...

言(い)う

x7 | Rank #51

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

んだ

x5 | Rank #16

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

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

歌(か)壇(だん)

x1 | Rank #115,337

poetry circles

第(だい)一(いち)人(にん)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #29,434

leading person; foremost figure

息子(むすこ)

x1 | Rank #877

son ; penis

くせに

x1 | Rank #993

and yet; though; when; in spite of

が

x63 | 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

うまい

x1 | Rank #442

skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate ; delicious; tasty; good; nice ; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid

って

x4 | 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 ...

どう

x6 | Rank #68

how; in what way; how about

おいおい

x1 | Rank #1,120

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

色(いろ)眼鏡(めがね)

x1 | Rank #45,149

coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses ; biased view; preconceived view

くれる

x4 | Rank #80

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

僕(ぼく)

x26 | Rank #74

I; me ; you ; manservant

は

x79 | Rank #2

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

だ

x12 | Rank #8

be; is

コピー

x1 | Rank #3,783

copy; photocopy ; book jacket blurb ; (advertising) slogan

じゃない

x5 | Rank #45

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

なんか

x2 | Rank #119

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

それ

x12 | Rank #26

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

かっこいい

x1 | Rank #1,957

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy

かも

x1 | Rank #332

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

まあ

x4 | 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!

ま

x3 | Rank #259

今(いま)のうち

x1 | Rank #3,323

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

よかろう

x1 | Rank #5,975

probably good; fine, isn't it?; very well

わし

x6 | Rank #412

I; me

ああいう

x2 | Rank #2,979

that sort of; like that

時(じ)期(き)

x1 | Rank #1,753

time; season; period; phase; stage

ある

x8 | Rank #36

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

あー

x2 | Rank #380

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

ばか

x1 | Rank #305

idiot; moron; fool ; stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous ; trivial; insignificant; disappointing ; malfunctioning; defective; losing sensation ; incredibly; unusually; exceptionally ; fervent enthusiast; nut; person singularly obsessed with something ; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

そうさ

x1 | Rank #4,693

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

まだ

x1 | Rank #102

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

若(わか)い

x2 | Rank #900

young; youthful ; immature; green ; low (number); small

無(む)限(げん)

x1 | Rank #3,960

infinity; infinitude; eternity ; infinite; limitless

可(か)能(のう)性(せい)

x1 | Rank #585

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; chance

秘(ひ)める

x1 | Rank #5,685

to hide; to keep to oneself

お前(まえ)

x12 | Rank #62

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

十(じゅう)九(きゅう)

x1 | Rank #26,623

nineteen; 19

もう少(すこ)し

x1 | Rank #810

a bit more; a bit longer

落(お)ち着(つ)く

x1 | Rank #756

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

もの

x9 | 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

のう

x2 | Rank #1,028

emphasis-adding particle

年(とし)

x2 | Rank #143

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

ほら

x2 | Rank #257

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

例(たと)えば

x2 | Rank #1,601

for example; for instance; e.g.

歌(うた)

x32 | Rank #1,187

song; singing ; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka) ; modern poetry

とか

x5 | 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

けど

x4 | Rank #34

but; however; although

父(ちち)上(うえ)

x10 | Rank #2,489

father

跡(あと)

x4 | Rank #2,999

trace; tracks; mark; sign ; site; remains; ruins ; scar

なんて

x3 | Rank #84

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

継(つ)ぐ

x3 | Rank #3,007

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow ; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair ; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath)

から

x9 | 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

ね

x19 | 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 ...

こんな

x2 | Rank #99

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

家(いえ)

x4 | Rank #4,748

house; residence; dwelling ; family; household ; lineage; family name

好(す)き

x2 | Rank #194

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

生(う)まれる

x3 | Rank #823

to be born

待(ま)つ

x2 | Rank #129

to wait ; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate ; to depend on; to need

には

x6 | Rank #38

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

才(さい)

x2 | Rank #8,066

ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius ; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

活(い)かす

x1 | Rank #9,544

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.) ; to let live; to keep alive ; to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life ; to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

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