Jiten beta

head ; hair (on one's head) ; mind; brains; intellect ; leader; chief; boss; captain ; top; tip ; beginning; start ; head; person ; down payment; deposit ; top structural component of a kanji ; pair

の

| x21 | 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

リボン

| x1 | Rank #6,476

ribbon

明(あか)るい

| x1 | Rank #1,440

light; bright; well-lit; well-lighted ; bright (colour) ; cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition) ; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy; encouraging; promising ; knowledgeable (about); familiar (with); well versed (in); well acquainted (with) ; fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

前(まえ)向(む)き

| x1 | Rank #4,019

front-facing ; forward-looking; positive; constructive

遠(えん)距(きょ)離(り)

| x1 | Rank #12,029

long distance; tele-

通(つう)勤(きん)

| x1 | Rank #17,764

commuting to work

一(いち)

| x1 | Rank #149

one; 1 ; best ; first; foremost ; beginning; start ; a (single); one (of many) ; ace ; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日(ひ)

| x1 | Rank #191

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

一(いっ)回(かい)

| x1 | Rank #2,554

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat; one inning

転(ころ)ぶ

| x1 | Rank #2,501

to fall down; to fall over ; to turn out; to play out ; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize ; to roll; to tumble ; (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

い

| x1 | Rank #2,051

stomach ; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

えっ

| x4 | Rank #125

huh?; what's up?

事(じ)故(こ)

| x2 | Rank #1,373

accident; incident; trouble ; circumstances; reasons

アピール

| x1 | Rank #4,081

appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; request ; appeal (of something); attractiveness; allure ; appeal (to the referee) ; emphasizing; calling attention to; making a display of; showing off; playing up; touting; using as a selling point; pitch

ですか

| x2 | Rank #91

indicates question

大(おお)きな

| x1 | Rank #481

big; large; great

する

| x10 | Rank #15

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

こと

| x5 | Rank #14

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 ...

自(じ)分(ぶん)

| x1 | Rank #90

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself ; I; me ; you

やだ

| x1 | Rank #912

not a chance; not likely; no way; no ; oh no; yuck; eew

リーダー

| x15 | Rank #3,114

leader ; leaders; dotted line; ellipsis

って

| x2 | Rank #19

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 ...

呼(よ)ぶ

| x1 | Rank #219

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

くださる

| x1 | Rank #142

to give; to confer; to bestow ; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

ね

| x7 | Rank #13

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 ...

歳(さい)

| x2 | Rank #1,082

... years old; age (of) ...

男(おとこ)の人(ひと)

| x1 | Rank #2,804

man

苦(にが)手(て)

| x2 | Rank #1,110

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) ; not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

犬(いぬ)

| x1 | Rank #1,353

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) ; squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy ; loser; asshole ; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

も

| x9 | 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

で

| x3 | Rank #25

without doing ...

ちんちくりん

| x1 | Rank #31,722

short (in height); stumpy; tiny ; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

だ

| x5 | Rank #9

be; is

し

| x1 | Rank #61

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

穴(あな)

| x1 | Rank #1,510

hole; opening; orifice; perforation ; pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground) ; burrow; den; lair; holt; hole ; deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss ; gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening ; flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole ; good place not many people know about; well-kept secret ; upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse ; (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre) ; hiding place; hideout

を

| x2 | 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.

掘(ほ)る

| x1 | Rank #4,116

to dig; to excavate; to hollow ; to delve into ; to dig up (e.g. vegetables) ; (for two men) to have anal sex

埋(う)まる

| x1 | Rank #3,963

to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded ; to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled ; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished ; to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule)

だめ

| x1 | Rank #1,047

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!

子(こ)

| x1 | Rank #213

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

けど

| x3 | Rank #42

but; however; although

お茶(ちゃ)

| x1 | Rank #1,138

tea (esp. green or barley) ; tea break (at work) ; tea ceremony

と

| x8 | Rank #6

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

仕(し)事(ごと)

| x1 | Rank #227

work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment ; work

真(しん)剣(けん)

| x1 | Rank #1,759

serious; earnest ; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

みんな

| x11 | Rank #115

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

として

| x2 | Rank #148

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) ; apart from... (used to change the topic) ; even (e.g. "not even a single person") ; thinking that...; trying to...

頑(がん)張(ば)る

| x3 | Rank #329

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

高槻

| x1 | Rank #51,384

Takaki

や

| x1 | Rank #69

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

よい

| x1 | Rank #128

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

貧(びん)乏(ぼう)

| x1 | Rank #4,631

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

だけど

| x3 | Rank #175

however

とりあえず

| x3 | Rank #709

first of all; at once; right away ; for now; for the time being; tentatively ; anyway

今日(きょう)

| x1 | Rank #117

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

帰(かえ)る

| x1 | Rank #147

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back ; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.) ; to get home; to get to home plate

ま

| x1 | Rank #1,421

time; pause ; space ; room

賢(かしこ)い

| x2 | Rank #3,578

wise; clever; smart ; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

特(とく)売(ばい)

| x1 | Rank #22,182

special sale; bargain sale

行(い)く

| x2 | Rank #66

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 ...

くる

| x1 | Rank #49

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

ま

| x1 | Rank #298

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!

あの

| x3 | Rank #43

that; those; the

何(なに)

| x4 | Rank #33

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)

できる

| x3 | Rank #87

to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) ; to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable ; to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.) ; to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up ; to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready ; to grow (of a crop); to be produced ; to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character ; to be by nature; to be born ... ; to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone) ; to get pregnant

かも

| x2 | Rank #271

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

元(げん)気(き)

| x1 | Rank #378

lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited ; healthy; well; fit; in good health

に

| x1 | Rank #17

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods ; burden; responsibility

やる

| x4 | Rank #54

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

いま

| x1 | Rank #1,706

living room (Western style); sitting room

アイドル

| x3 | Rank #3,475

performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol ; (cultural) icon; idol; star; celebrity; person who is greatly admired ; idol (object of worship); image

ちゃん

| x2 | Rank #108

suffix for familiar person

きれい

| x1 | Rank #619

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair ; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat ; completely; entirely

何(なん)で

| x1 | Rank #444

why?; what for? ; how?; by what means?

なの

| x3 | Rank #85

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

その

| x1 | Rank #24

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

顔(かお)

| x1 | Rank #126

face; visage ; look; expression; countenance ; honor; honour; face ; influence; notoriety

文(もん)句(く)

| x1 | Rank #1,203

complaint; grumbling; objection ; phrase; words; expression

ある

| x6 | Rank #34

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

わけ

| x1 | Rank #131

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

に

| x9 | 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

ひ

| x2 | Rank #1,100

sun; sunshine; sunlight

ひっ

| x2 | Rank #1,660

goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

おしおき

| x1 | Rank #18,747

punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; scolding ; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

決(けっ)定(てい)

| x1 | Rank #1,756

decision; determination

が

| x8 | 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

当(とう)然(ぜん)

| x1 | Rank #683

natural; right; proper; just; reasonable; appropriate; deserved ; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course

よね

| x1 | Rank #140

isn't that right?

愉(ゆ)快(かい)

| x1 | Rank #5,417

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing; happy

下(げ)僕(ぼく)

| x1 | Rank #14,792

manservant

たち

| x1 | Rank #186

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

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