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x3 | Rank #1,580

to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain ; to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to ; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain ; towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

は

x109 | Rank #2

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

なる

x8 | 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

魚(さかな)

x23 | Rank #1,590

fish

が

x99 | 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

いる

x14 | Rank #55

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

天(あめ)の

x4 | Rank #9,397

heavenly; celestial; divine

ものだから

x1 | Rank #14,442

the reason for something

北(きた)

x2 | Rank #2,177

north ; the North; northern territories ; North Korea ; north wind

の

x138 | 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

海(うみ)

x12 | Rank #523

sea; ocean; waters

に

x109 | 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

くん

x36 | Rank #159

Mr; master; boy ; Ms; miss ; sir; madam

と

x51 | Rank #6

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

呼(よ)ぶ

x5 | 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

長(なが)さ

x2 | Rank #6,707

length

何(なん)千(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #10,090

many thousands

里(り)

x1 | Rank #1,831

Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles ; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes) ; unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

にも

x1 | Rank #187

also; too; not ... either; as well; even ; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

及(およ)び

x1 | Rank #6,061

and; as well as

測(はか)る

x1 | Rank #7,600

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) ; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

ほど

x2 | Rank #224

extent; degree; measure ; limit; bounds ; (span of) time ; (a) distance ; the state of; the status of; the condition of ; about; around; approximately; or so ; as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ... ; the more ... the more ...

大(おお)きい

x2 | Rank #503

big; large; great ; loud ; extensive; spacious ; important; decisive; valuable ; older; grown up

私(わたし)達(たち)

x4 | Rank #1,047

we; us

何(なに)者(もの)

x2 | Rank #1,991

who; what kind of person

どこ

x18 | Rank #141

where; what place ; how much (long, far); what extent

から

x17 | 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

来(く)る

x9 | Rank #90

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 ...")

へ

x6 | Rank #81

to; towards; for

行(い)く

x22 | Rank #83

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 ...

誰(だれ)も

x6 | Rank #482

everyone; anyone ; no one; nobody

考(かんが)える

x2 | Rank #200

to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) ; to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration ; to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect ; to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan ; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine ; to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise ; to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view

する

x14 | 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

毎(まい)日(にち)

x2 | Rank #827

every day

仕(し)事(ごと)

x1 | Rank #223

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

日(ひ)々(び)

x1 | Rank #1,703

daily; everyday ; days (e.g. of one's youth) ; every day; day after day; day by day; from day to day

笑(わら)う

x1 | Rank #457

to laugh ; to smile ; to sneer; to ridicule ; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

文(もん)句(く)

x1 | Rank #1,718

complaint; grumbling; objection ; phrase; words; expression

言(い)う

x4 | Rank #50

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

買(か)い物(もの)

x1 | Rank #2,298

shopping; purchased goods

食(た)べる

x4 | Rank #249

to eat ; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

寝(ね)る

x3 | Rank #535

to sleep (lying down) ; to go to bed; to lie in bed ; to lie down ; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) ; to lie flat (e.g. of hair) ; to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.) ; to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)

一(いっ)世(せい)紀(き)

x1 | Rank #56,671

century

過(す)ぎる

x1 | Rank #870

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond ; to pass (of time); to elapse ; to have expired; to have ended; to be over ; to exceed; to surpass; to be above ; to be no more than ... ; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

私(わたし)

x14 | Rank #22

I; me

歳(さい)

x2 | Rank #732

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

いつも

x4 | Rank #232

always; all the time; at all times ; never ; usual; regular; habitual; customary

人(ひと)

x8 | Rank #82

person; someone; somebody ; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans ; human (Homo sapiens) ; (other) people; others ; character; personality; nature ; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person ; adult; grown-up ; I; me; one

皆(みんな)

x2 | Rank #419

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

生(う)まれる

x3 | Rank #865

to be born

大(おお)きな

x7 | Rank #513

big; large; great

だ

x33 | Rank #8

be; is

人(じん)生(せい)

x3 | Rank #665

(one's) life

旅(たび)路(じ)

x1 | Rank #20,504

journey; route of a journey

海(うみ)を渡(わた)る

x1 | Rank #59,295

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

こと

x11 | 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 ...

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

老(お)いぼれ

x3 | Rank #20,465

dotage ; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

あざける

x1 | Rank #66,446

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

夢(ゆめ)

x2 | Rank #310

dream

未(いま)だに

x1 | Rank #7,097

still; even now; to this day

鮮(せん)明(めい)

x1 | Rank #13,122

vivid; clear; distinct

たち

x2 | Rank #124

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

天(てん)

x5 | Rank #1,372

sky ; heaven ; God ; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ; deva (divine being of Buddhism) ; top (of a book) ; sole (of a Japanese sandal) ; beginning; start ; tempura ; India

を

x88 | 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.

下(さが)る

x2 | Rank #4,982

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower ; to hang; to dangle ; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire ; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded ; to get closer to the present day ; below; south of

姿(すがた)

x4 | Rank #289

figure; form; shape ; appearance; dress; guise ; state; condition; picture; image ; form (of a waka) ; dressed in ...; wearing ...

呼(よ)びかける

x1 | Rank #5,958

to call out to; to hail; to address ; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise

美(うつく)しい

x3 | Rank #1,124

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

声(せい)音(おん)

x1 | Rank #7,491

vocal sound; tone of voice

記(き)憶(おく)

x1 | Rank #626

memory; recollection; remembrance ; memory; storage

揺(ゆ)り起(お)こす

x1 | Rank #67,066

to shake someone awake

年(とし)

x2 | Rank #143

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

前(さき)

x2 | 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

この

x5 | Rank #27

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

星(ほし)

x5 | 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

には

x3 | 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)

巨(きょ)大(だい)

x2 | Rank #1,479

huge; gigantic; enormous

しか

x1 | Rank #220

nothing but; except; no more than

人(にん)間(げん)

x15 | Rank #178

human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind ; character (of a person)

魂(たましい)

x13 | Rank #1,041

soul; spirit; mind ; willpower; vitality ; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable ; inherent spirit of something; state of mind

瞬(しゅん)間(かん)

x2 | Rank #628

moment; second; instant

そう

x4 | Rank #41

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

それ

x8 | Rank #26

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

真(しん)実(じつ)

x1 | Rank #1,337

truth; reality ; truly; really ; absolute truth

チュン

x24 | Rank #12,786

chirp; cheep

海(かい)底(てい)

x2 | Rank #9,852

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed ; undersea; submarine

世(せ)界(かい)

x5 | Rank #226

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

人(にん)間(げん)界(かい)

x19 | Rank #8,037

human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world

天(てん)空(くう)

x1 | Rank #8,922

sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens

間(あいだ)

x1 | Rank #394

space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch ; period of time (during, while); duration; interval ; between (two parties or things) ; among (a group) ; relations (between); relationship ; midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground ; due to; because of

世(よ)

x1 | Rank #1,560

world; society; public ; life; lifetime ; age; era; period; epoch; generation ; reign; rule ; the times ; world (of existence)

さまよう

x2 | Rank #8,498

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

後(あと)

x2 | Rank #218

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

やっと

x1 | Rank #807

at last; finally ; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

たどりつく

x1 | Rank #7,130

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

心(こころ)

x3 | Rank #294

mind; heart; spirit ; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

そして

x2 | Rank #117

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally