Jiten beta

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

よ

| x41 | Rank #11

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

まぁ

| x3 | Rank #1,966

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!

今(こん)日(にち)は

| x1 | Rank #542

hello; good day; good afternoon

取(しゅ)材(ざい)

| x3 | Rank #3,071

gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)

どころじゃない

| x1 | Rank #12,407

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

だろう

| x3 | Rank #83

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

しな

| x1 | Rank #3,465

having just started ...

お前(まえ)

| x6 | Rank #93

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

この

| x5 | Rank #25

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

件(けん)

| x1 | Rank #756

matter; affair; case; item; subject ; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc. ; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

は

| x83 | Rank #2

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

手(て)

| x3 | Rank #120

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

を

| x58 | 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.

引(ひ)け

| x1 | Rank #8,029

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); retiring ; being outdone; compare unfavourably (with) ; closing price (stockmarket) ; sink mark (casting, moulding); shrink mark

胡(こ)蝶(ちょう)

| x1 | Rank #45,608

butterfly

なんで

| x6 | Rank #192

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

ですか

| x2 | Rank #91

indicates question

あの

| x9 | Rank #44

that; those; the

ビル

| x7 | Rank #2,887

multi-floor building; multi-storey building

何(なん)十(じゅう)

| x1 | Rank #3,393

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

年(とし)

| x2 | Rank #153

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

前(さき)

| x3 | Rank #108

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

から

| x18 | 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

いろんな

| x3 | Rank #1,025

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

うわさ

| x1 | Rank #2,297

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

の

| x111 | Rank #1

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

ある

| x11 | Rank #32

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about ; to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)

いわく

| x2 | Rank #9,113

pretext; history; past; story ; according to ...; ... says

つき

| x2 | Rank #2,860

desk

だ

| x35 | Rank #9

be; is

行方(ゆくえ)

| x1 | Rank #3,074

(one's) whereabouts ; destination; where one is headed ; outcome; course (of events); development; direction; tide ; future; journey ahead

が

| x61 | 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

なくなる

| x1 | Rank #364

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing ; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more ; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

警(けい)察(さつ)

| x5 | Rank #1,067

police ; police officer ; police station ; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody; vigilante; gatekeeper

幹(かん)部(ぶ)

| x1 | Rank #5,556

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

血(けっ)痕(こん)

| x1 | Rank #14,118

bloodstain

出(で)る

| x4 | Rank #99

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over

今(こん)度(ど)

| x1 | Rank #233

this time; now ; next time; another time; shortly; soon ; recently; lately; the other day

強(ごう)盗(とう)犯(はん)

| x1 | Rank #38,164

robber

逃(に)げ込(こ)む

| x1 | Rank #6,533

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

強(きょう)制(せい)捜(そう)査(さ)

| x1 | Rank #44,685

compulsory investigation; compulsory search

普(ふ)通(つう)

| x1 | Rank #412

normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average ; normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; local train; train that stops at every station

じゃ

| x8 | Rank #63

then; well; so; well then

じゃあ

| x2 | Rank #140

then; well; so; well then

ねぇ

| x4 | Rank #1,157

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 ...

これ

| x5 | Rank #33

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

若(わか)手(て)

| x1 | Rank #8,969

young person

やる

| x5 | 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

仕(し)事(ごと)

| x2 | Rank #224

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

ベテラン

| x1 | Rank #8,905

veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

火(ひ)

| x1 | Rank #1,070

fire; flame; blaze

村(むら)

| x1 | Rank #1,945

village

辺(あた)り

| x1 | Rank #1,929

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings ; around; about; or thereabouts ; for instance; say; such as

に

| x68 | 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

引(ひ)き継(つ)ぐ

| x1 | Rank #4,218

to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue ; to hand over

いえ

| x2 | Rank #360

no ; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

私(わたし)

| x10 | Rank #27

I; me

ネタ

| x1 | Rank #2,890

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; news item ; joke; jest; (comedy) routine; made-up story; material ; proof; evidence ; (magician's) trick; secret ; ingredients (esp. for sushi) ; (Internet) meme

です

| x9 | Rank #21

be; is

あぁ

| x3 | Rank #1,521

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

こいつ

| x3 | Rank #337

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

無(む)理(り)やり

| x1 | Rank #2,504

forcibly; by force; against one's will

外(はず)す

| x1 | Rank #1,057

to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo ; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel ; to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away ; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season) ; to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)

と

| x31 | Rank #6

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

有(ゆう)給(きゅう)

| x1 | Rank #26,465

salaried; paid; with pay ; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave

取(と)る

| x3 | Rank #246

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

勝(かっ)手(て)に

| x1 | Rank #494

arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases; selfishly; by itself; automatically

そうだ

| x3 | Rank #109

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; that's my impression ; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

な

| x3 | Rank #30

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう)

| x4 | Rank #12,729

editor-in-chief

すっぱ抜(ぬ)く

| x1 | Rank #46,729

to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask

くる

| x3 | Rank #50

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 ...")

証(しょう)拠(こ)

| x2 | Rank #1,028

evidence; proof

写(しゃ)真(しん)

| x1 | Rank #734

photograph; photo; picture; photography ; moving picture; movie

とはいえ

| x1 | Rank #1,333

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

クビ

| x1 | Rank #3,366

neck ; head ; dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking

する

| x15 | 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

には

| x13 | Rank #31

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

惜(お)しい

| x1 | Rank #2,193

regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate ; precious; dear; valuable ; too good for; deserving better ; almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)

人(じん)材(ざい)

| x1 | Rank #5,194

capable person; talented person ; human resources; personnel

し

| x1 | Rank #66

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

なぁ

| x4 | Rank #944

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?

わかる

| x5 | Rank #1,096

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!

間(あいだ)

| x2 | Rank #352

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

あくまで

| x1 | Rank #2,093

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost ; after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

オカルト

| x1 | Rank #12,818

occult

として

| x3 | Rank #152

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 ...

占(うらな)い師(し)

| x1 | Rank #13,376

diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

屍(しかばね)

| x1 | Rank #11,627

corpse ; kanji "corpse" radical

神(しん)殿(でん)

| x1 | Rank #11,367

temple; shrine; sanctuary

だが

| x4 | Rank #275

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

その

| x7 | Rank #23

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

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