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

乾(ほし)

x2 | Rank #11,386

drying; dried

だ

x39 | Rank #8

be; is

ここ

x6 | Rank #58

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

監(かん)督(とく)

x5 | Rank #1,973

supervision; control; superintendence; direction ; director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss

周防(すおう)

x1 | Rank #11,234

Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

それなら

x1 | Rank #1,289

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

スクワット

x1 | Rank #32,538

squat (exercise)

でも

x4 | 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

する

x12 | 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

もらう

x2 | Rank #157

to receive; to take; to accept ; to get someone to do something ; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match) ; to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected

か

x21 | 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

ええ

x5 | Rank #153

yes; that is correct; right ; um; errr; well ; huh? ; grrr; gah; must I? ; good

冗(じょう)談(だん)

x1 | Rank #926

joke; jest; funny story

よ

x29 | Rank #11

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

おい

x5 | Rank #180

hey!; say!; I say!; come on!; look!; oi! ; I; me

ウッ

x3 | Rank #179

oof; ough; ulp

うお

x1 | Rank #893

fish

お

x2 | Rank #343

oh! (expression of slight surprise)

ウー

x1 | Rank #299

five

あっ

x17 | Rank #40

ah; oh ; hey!

こいつ

x5 | Rank #314

he; she; this fellow; this guy; this person ; this; this one; this thing ; hey, you!; you bastard!; damn you!

も

x20 | 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

さっき

x1 | Rank #303

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

まで

x3 | Rank #60

until (a time); till; to; up to ; to (a place or person); as far as ; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even ; only; merely

頑(がん)張(ば)る

x5 | Rank #337

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

んだ

x14 | Rank #16

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

けど

x9 | Rank #34

but; however; although

ね

x8 | 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 ...

は

x61 | Rank #2

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

化(ば)け物(もの)

x1 | Rank #2,689

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

佐藤

x1 | Rank #2,687

Satoa ; Satoo ; Sayuki

先(せん)輩(ぱい)

x3 | Rank #208

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

前(ぜん)略(りゃく)

x1 | Rank #35,778

dispensing with the preliminaries ... ; omitting the previous part

鈴木

x1 | Rank #3,066

Susugi ; Susuheki ; Suzuki

綾音

x1 | Rank #18,049

Ayane

様(さま)

x1 | Rank #93

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms ; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) ; state; situation; appearance; manner

手(て)紙(がみ)

x2 | Rank #1,202

letter; note

どうもありがとう

x1 | Rank #9,637

thank you very much

返(へん)事(じ)

x1 | Rank #1,215

reply; answer; response

が

x29 | 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

遅(おそ)い

x1 | Rank #754

slow ; late ; too late

なる

x6 | 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

すむ

x2 | Rank #358

to finish; to end; to be completed ; to merely result in something less severe than expected ; to feel at ease ; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

こちら

x1 | Rank #263

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

に

x61 | 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

来(く)る

x5 | 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 ...")

か月(げつ)

x2 | Rank #3,306

counter for months

ようやく

x1 | Rank #910

finally; at last ; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just ; gradually; little by little; by degrees

を

x47 | 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.

書(か)く

x1 | Rank #447

to write; to compose; to pen ; to draw; to paint

余(よ)裕(ゆう)

x1 | Rank #1,233

surplus; margin; leeway; room; space; time; allowance; flexibility; scope ; composure; placidity; complacency; calm

できる

x2 | Rank #100

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

寮(りょう)

x2 | Rank #2,976

hostel; dormitory ; bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system) ; tea-ceremony room ; villa

枕島

x1 | Rank #242,149

Makurajima

という所(ところ)

x1 | Rank #30,036

the point of ...; the place where ...; the part where ...; a position described as ... ; a place called ...; places known as ... ; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it; I suppose that ...; it's the case that ...; the situation is that ... ; at the most; no more than

ある

x3 | Rank #36

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

古(ふる)い

x1 | Rank #1,781

old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn ; long; since long ago; time-honored ; of the distant past; long-ago ; stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny ; old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

木(もく)造(ぞう)

x1 | Rank #23,591

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

校(こう)舎(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #3,442

school building; schoolhouse

手(て)

x1 | Rank #111

hand; arm ; forepaw; foreleg ; handle ; hand; worker; help ; trouble; care; effort ; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship ; hand; handwriting ; kind; type; sort ; one's hands; one's possession ; ability to cope

加(くわ)える

x1 | Rank #2,413

to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex ; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up ; to include; to count in; to let join ; to inflict (damage); to deal; to give

だけ

x7 | Rank #45

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

もの

x1 | 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

です

x5 | Rank #19

be; is

練(れん)習(しゅう)

x6 | Rank #972

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

予(よ)想(そう)以(い)上(じょう)

x1 | Rank #9,819

more than expected

厳(きび)しい

x2 | Rank #1,494

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless ; hard (to do); difficult; tricky ; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather); inclement

最(さい)初(しょ)

x1 | Rank #385

beginning; outset; first; onset

２(に)週(しゅう)間(かん)

x1 | Rank #5,767

two weeks; fortnight

で

x24 | Rank #10

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

半(はん)分(ぶん)

x1 | Rank #1,361

half

近(ちか)く

x1 | Rank #683

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to ; shortly; soon

新(しん)入(にゅう)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #10,553

new student; freshman; first-year student

退(たい)部(ぶ)

x2 | Rank #26,987

leaving a club; quitting a club

日(ひ)に日(ひ)に

x1 | Rank #18,283

day by day; by the day ; daily; every day

成(せい)長(ちょう)

x1 | Rank #1,751

growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult ; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

自(じ)分(ぶん)で

x2 | Rank #555

by myself; in person; by oneself

分(わ)かる

x2 | Rank #136

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!

やはり

x1 | Rank #510

as expected; sure enough; just as one thought ; after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case ; too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either ; still; as before ; all the same; even so; still; nonetheless

よい

x1 | Rank #170

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

と

x21 | Rank #6

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

実(じっ)感(かん)

x1 | Rank #3,838

real feeling; actual feeling ; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

友中

x1 | Rank #131,171

Tomonaka

みんな

x2 | Rank #112

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

県(けん)大(たい)会(かい)

x1 | Rank #28,700

prefectural tournament

出(しゅつ)場(じょう)

x1 | Rank #4,749

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; taking part (in); competing (in); appearance ; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.) ; exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit ; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

間(ま)近(ぢか)

x1 | Rank #6,004

near; close (to); nearby ; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here; just around the corner

知(し)る

x1 | Rank #131

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

うれしい

x1 | Rank #847

happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed ; joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant

僕(ぼく)

x6 | Rank #74

I; me ; you ; manservant

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