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x6 | 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

x410 | 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)

x7 | Rank #411

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

俺(おれ)たち

x16 | Rank #282

we; us

が

x197 | 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

x16 | Rank #41

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

呼(よ)ぶ

x4 | 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

て

x22 | Rank #21

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 ...

いる

x11 | Rank #55

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

は

x269 | 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)

x6 | Rank #99

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

かつて

x2 | Rank #1,414

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex- ; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

たち

x14 | Rank #124

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

仰(あお)ぐ

x1 | Rank #7,628

to look up (at) ; to look up to; to respect; to revere ; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for ; to depend on; to rely on ; to gulp down; to quaff; to drink

夢(ゆめ)

x3 | Rank #310

dream

を

x198 | 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.

はせる

x1 | Rank #36,854

to run; to hurry (when going somewhere) ; to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse) ; to win (fame)

江(え)戸(ど)

x14 | Rank #3,147

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

空(から)

x7 | Rank #533

emptiness; being empty ; not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed ; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere

虚(から)

x38 | Rank #7,187

には

x27 | Rank #37

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

異(い)郷(きょう)

x1 | Rank #63,837

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

船(ふね)

x6 | Rank #867

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane ; tank; tub; vat; trough ; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

飛(と)び交(か)う

x1 | Rank #14,236

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

肩(かた)

x1 | Rank #778

shoulder

で

x82 | Rank #10

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

風(かぜ)

x3 | Rank #705

wind; breeze; draught; draft ; manner; behaviour; behavior ; cold; influenza

切(き)る

x1 | Rank #819

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) ; to sever (connections, ties) ; to turn off (e.g. the light) ; to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) ; to open (something sealed) ; to start ; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.) ; to reduce; to decrease; to discount ; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain

歩(ある)く

x2 | Rank #679

to walk

街(まち)

x1 | Rank #638

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

異(い)人(じん)

x1 | Rank #34,679

foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry) ; different person

返(かえ)り

x1 | Rank #51,049

turning over; flipping over ; reply; response ; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese ; lapel

あ

x18 | Rank #42

ah; oh ; hey!

だが

x13 | Rank #109

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

かつてない

x1 | Rank #16,728

unprecedented; never seen before

危(き)機(き)

x2 | Rank #3,207

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

に

x234 | 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

立(た)ち向(む)かう

x1 | Rank #5,168

to fight against; to oppose; to face

者(もの)

x2 | Rank #247

person

それ

x19 | Rank #26

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

いや

x17 | Rank #76

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant ; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome ; no!; quit it!; stop!

戦(せん)士(し)

x2 | Rank #1,799

soldier; combatant; warrior

だった

x14 | Rank #38

was; were

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)

x5 | Rank #1,207

universe; cosmos; space

星(ほし)々(ぼし)

x1 | Rank #15,941

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

という

x6 | Rank #61

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

星(ほし)

x4 | Rank #636

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body ; star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk ; star (actor, player, etc.) ; dot; spot; fleck ; bullseye ; perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect ; one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune ; point; score ; star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi ; (pyrotechnic) star

生(せい)命(めい)力(りょく)

x1 | Rank #11,080

vitality; (one's) life force

と

x76 | Rank #6

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

する

x20 | 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

エネルギー

x2 | Rank #2,236

energy ; energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go ; energy source; energy resource ; food energy; calories

存(そん)在(ざい)

x3 | Rank #483

existence; being; presence

地(ち)球(きゅう)

x10 | Rank #1,043

Earth; the globe

では

x12 | Rank #70

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

龍(りゅう)脈(みゃく)

x5 | Rank #41,678

long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range

も

x116 | 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

その

x22 | Rank #28

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

影(えい)響(きょう)

x1 | Rank #1,687

influence; effect; impact

受(う)ける

x2 | Rank #480

to receive; to get ; to catch (e.g. a ball) ; to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) ; to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) ; to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) ; to be given (e.g. life, talent) ; to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) ; to follow; to succeed; to be descended from ; to face (south, etc.) ; to be modified by

生(う)まれる

x5 | Rank #865

to be born

不(ふ)老(ろう)不(ふ)死(し)

x1 | Rank #16,110

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

魔(ま)人(じん)

x2 | Rank #4,844

sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers

幾(いく)度(ど)も

x1 | Rank #15,563

many times

生(せい)死(し)

x3 | Rank #11,450

life and death; life or death ; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) ; death

中(うち)

x12 | Rank #119

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

終(お)わり

x6 | Rank #741

end; ending; close; conclusion ; end of (one's) life; death

なき

x1 | Rank #3,896

weeping; lamenting

苦(くる)しみ

x2 | Rank #4,281

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

果(は)て

x1 | Rank #5,482

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

無(む)数(すう)

x1 | Rank #3,799

innumerable; countless; numberless

人(じん)格(かく)

x3 | Rank #5,471

personality; character; individuality; personhood

生(う)み出(だ)す

x1 | Rank #3,403

to create; to bring forth; to produce ; to invent; to think up and bring into being ; to give birth to; to bear

一人(ひとり)

x2 | Rank #365

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

師(し)

x11 | Rank #1,951

teacher; master; mentor ; religious leader ; specialist ; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

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

松下

x5 | Rank #13,742

Matsushita ; Matsumoto

開(ひら)く

x1 | Rank #623

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack ; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out ; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning) ; to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen ; to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open ; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start ; to open (ports, borders, etc.) ; to open (an account) ; to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ; to open (a file, etc.)

でも

x13 | 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

己(おれ)

x1 | Rank #1,147

I; me

ごと

x3 | Rank #1,514

including...; with ...; inclusive of; ...and all

世(せ)界(かい)

x11 | Rank #226

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

消(け)し去(さ)る

x1 | Rank #9,964

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

こと

x39 | 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 ...

望(のぞ)む

x1 | Rank #1,353

to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for ; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to ; to see; to command (a view of); to overlook

全(ぜん)宇(う)宙(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #23,195

whole universe; total universe; all of creation

相(あい)手(て)

x1 | Rank #217

companion; partner; company ; other party; addressee; counterparty ; opponent (sports, etc.)

戦(せん)争(そう)

x1 | Rank #1,274

war ; fighting; fierce competition

仕(し)掛(か)ける

x1 | Rank #2,356

to start; to begin; to commence ; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from ; to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines) ; to make a meld call

人(ひと)々(びと)

x1 | Rank #1,187

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

この

x34 | Rank #27

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

必(ひっ)死(し)

x1 | Rank #1,168

frantic; frenetic; desperate ; inevitable death ; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

抵(てい)抗(こう)

x2 | Rank #2,259

resistance; opposition; standing up to ; reluctance; repulsion; repugnance ; resistance; drag; friction ; electrical resistance ; resistor

激(はげ)しい

x1 | Rank #1,547

violent; furious; tempestuous ; extreme; intense; fierce; strong ; fervent; vehement ; incessant; relentless ; precipitous; steep

戦(たたか)い

x8 | Rank #657

battle; war; fight; conflict ; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) ; contest; competition; match; game

末(すえ)

x2 | Rank #6,750

end; tip; top ; end (of the year, month, etc.); close ; youngest child ; descendants; offspring; posterity ; future ; (finally) after; (at last) after; at the end of ; trifles; trivialities ; degenerate age

万(ばん)事(じ)

x14 | Rank #11,917

all; everything

屋(や)

x15 | Rank #916

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

仲(なか)間(ま)たち

x2 | Rank #4,387

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

力(ちから)

x9 | Rank #196

force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy ; capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty ; efficacy; effect ; effort; endeavours; endeavors; exertions ; power; authority; influence; good offices; agency ; support; help; aid; assistance ; stress; emphasis ; means; resources

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