serial experiments lain - Episode 8 - Vocabulary

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if; in case; supposing

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

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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

聞(き)こえる

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to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears ; to sound (like); to come across (as) ; to be well known; to be famous ; to accept (someone's words); to agree; to understand

なら

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if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that ; as for; on the topic of ; if that's the case; if so; that being the case ; if possible; if circumstances allow

は

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

あなた

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beyond; across; the other side; the distance

に

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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

語(かた)りかける

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to make a speech; to address

見(み)える

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to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight ; to look; to seem; to appear ; to come

の

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

人(ひと)

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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

最(も)早(はや)

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already; now ; no longer; not any more

進(しん)化(か)

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evolution ; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress; development; improvement

を

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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.

する

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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

生(い)き物(もの)

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

ではない

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is not; am not; are not

か

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indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

ガン

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cancer

発(はっ)生(せい)率(りつ)

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frequency; rate of occurrence

他(ほか)

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another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside ; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al. ; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside ; except; but; other than; apart from ; besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

動(どう)物(ぶつ)

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animal

比(くら)べる

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to compare; to make a comparison (between) ; to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

極(きわ)めて

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

少(すく)ない

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few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare

ネオテニー

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neoteny

である

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be; is

人(じん)類(るい)

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mankind; humanity

出(で)来(き)る

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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

とする

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to try to ...; to be about to do ... ; to decide to ... ; to take as; to treat as; to regard as ; to use for ; to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume ; to decide that; to think that ; to make into; to change into ; to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like ; to intend; to have the intention

学(がく)説(せつ)

| x1 | Rank #43,014

theory

ある

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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)

本(ほん)当(とう)

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truth; reality; actuality; fact ; proper; right; correct; official ; genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable

だ

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be; is

と

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

なんと

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what; how ; what (a) ...!; how ...! ; surprisingly; to my amazement; believe it or not; why, ...! ; oh my; wow ; well, ...; so, ...

愚(ぐ)劣(れつ)

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foolishness; stupidity; silliness

もの

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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

自(じ)分(ぶん)

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

達(たち)

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

動(うご)かす

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to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position ; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence ; to change; to alter; to deny ; to operate; to set in motion; to get going ; to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy ; to manage (e.g. funds)

力(ちから)

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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

事(こと)

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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 ...

こと

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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 ...

知(し)る

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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

ただ

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ordinary; common; usual ; free of charge ; unaffected; as is; safe ; only; merely; just; simply ; but; however; nevertheless

欲(よく)望(ぼう)

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desire; appetite; lust

満(み)たす

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to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to gratify ; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

だけ

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

為(ため)に

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of ; because of; as a result of

肉(にく)体(たい)

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the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

維(い)持(じ)

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

つまる

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to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) ; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up ; to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow ; to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for) ; to come to the end; to be settled ; to become a geminate consonant ; to hit the bat close to the batter's hands (of a pitch); to hit off the fists; to get jammed

とは

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indicates word or phrase being defined ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; with ; (not) as much as; (not) so much as ; the fact that; to think that; such a thing as

思(おも)う

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to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

人(にん)間(げん)

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

なんて

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

そんなもの

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that's the way it is; such is life

で

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at; in ; at; when ; by; with

しか

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nothing but; except; no more than

ない

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nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

んだ

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

そんな

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such; that sort of; that kind of; like that ; no way!; never!

惨(みじ)め

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

で

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without doing ...

いる

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

続(つづ)ける

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

必(ひつ)要(よう)

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necessary; needed; essential; indispensable ; necessity; need; requirement

抜(ぬ)け出(だ)す

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation) ; to break into the lead; to get ahead ; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair) ; to break out (of a loop)

ため

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good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

出(で)口(ぐち)

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exit; way out ; outlet; vent

やっと

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

生(う)み出(だ)す

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

から

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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

ね

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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 ...

ねー

| x1 | Rank #1,874

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 ...

ねえ

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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 ...

何(なに)

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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)

ネットワーク

| x3 | Rank #10,145

network

ワイヤード

| x9 | Rank #124,345

wired

さ

| x1 | Rank #113

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

玲音

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Akine ; Satone ; Reine ; Reira ; Rein ; Reo ; Reon ; Rene ; Renon

誰(だれ)

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who

僕(ぼく)

| x1 | Rank #184

I; me ; you ; manservant

神(かみ)

| x5 | Rank #721

god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami ; incredible; fantastic; amazing ; Emperor (of Japan) ; thunder

様(よう)だ

| x1 | Rank #4,070

it seems that ...; it appears that ... ; is like ...; is similar to ...

よ

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

何(なに)か

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something; some; any ; somehow; for some reason ; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

食(く)い

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eating ; bite (in fishing)

いく

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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 ...

腹(はら)

| x1 | Rank #879

abdomen; belly; stomach ; womb ; one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive ; courage; nerve; willpower ; generosity; magnanimity ; feelings; emotions ; wide middle part; bulging part ; inside; interior; inner part ; anti-node ; counter for hard roe

な

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greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

今(こん)度(ど)

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

プール

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(swimming) pool ; pool (cue sport) ; pooling (money, resources, etc.) ; pool (price ring)

カー

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car