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

双(ふた)子(ご)

x1 | Rank #3,929

twins; twin

には

x2 | Rank #38

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

それぞれ

x1 | Rank #1,226

each; respectively

２(ふた)つ

x1 | Rank #1,581

two

世(せ)界(かい)

x1 | Rank #223

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

が

x43 | 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

同(どう)時(じ)に

x1 | Rank #927

at the same time; at once; simultaneously; concurrently ; just as ...; the moment ...; just after ... ; (but) at the same time; as well as; also; on the other hand

存(そん)在(ざい)

x1 | Rank #474

existence; being; presence

する

x13 | Rank #19

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

人(にん)間(げん)

x1 | Rank #173

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

妖(よう)怪(かい)

x17 | Rank #1,399

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

戦(せん)国(ごく)時(じ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #18,145

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period ; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE) ; era of vicious competition

現(げん)代(だい)社(しゃ)会(かい)

x1 | Rank #29,394

modern society

安(やす)らぎ

x1 | Rank #14,755

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

戦(たたか)い

x3 | Rank #621

battle; war; fight; conflict ; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) ; contest; competition; match; game

喜(よろこ)び

x1 | Rank #3,411

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

悲(かな)しみ

x1 | Rank #3,402

sadness; sorrow; grief ; affection; love

夢(ゆめ)

x1 | Rank #316

dream

現(げん)実(じつ)

x1 | Rank #1,152

reality; actuality; hard fact

一(いっ)瞬(しゅん)

x1 | Rank #787

instant; moment; for an instant

永(えい)遠(えん)

x1 | Rank #1,925

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

そして

x2 | Rank #117

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

大(だい)好(す)き

x1 | Rank #931

liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of

大(だい)嫌(きら)い

x1 | Rank #5,675

hating; strongly disliking

戦(せん)国(ごく)

x1 | Rank #14,883

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war ; Warring States period (Japan, China) ; competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.); anybody's game

御(お)伽(とぎ)草(ぞう)子(し)

x1 | Rank #67,088

fairy-tale book

夜(や)叉(しゃ)

x2 | Rank #13,783

yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

姫(ひめ)

x2 | Rank #960

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) ; girl ; small; cute; lesser (in names of species) ; prostitute

は

x62 | Rank #2

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

前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん)

x1 | Rank #33,939

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

運(うん)命(めい)

x1 | Rank #1,112

fate; destiny; lot

に

x44 | 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

突(つ)き進(すす)む

x1 | Rank #8,430

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)僧(そう)

x4 | Rank #46,376

ascetic monk; trainee monk

うん

x13 | Rank #54

yes; yeah; uh huh ; hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh? ; oof

饕(とう)餮(てつ)

x19 | Rank #60,249

taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties) ; covetousness; greed; avarice

ほう

x6 | Rank #22,343

salary

ほうほう

x3 | Rank #9,398

method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure

そこそこ

x1 | Rank #4,427

reasonably; fairly; all right; moderate ; hurriedly; in a rush; having barely finished ; approximately; about; or so

うまい

x5 | Rank #442

skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate ; delicious; tasty; good; nice ; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid

な

x23 | Rank #17

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?

なぁ

x3 | Rank #244

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?

坊(ぼう)主(ず)

x3 | Rank #5,327

Buddhist priest; bonze ; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head ; boy; sonny; lad ; not catching anything ; the August 20-point card

じゃ

x2 | Rank #46

then; well; so; well then

ねえ

x3 | Rank #92

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 ...

か

x44 | 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

弟(で)子(し)

x5 | Rank #2,744

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper

Ａ(エー)

x2 | Rank #1,189

A; a

おお

x1 | Rank #310

oh!; good heavens! ; ugh!; oh no! ; ah!; the penny drops! ; yes!; okay!

お

x1 | Rank #334

oh! (expression of slight surprise)

Ｂ(ビー)

x2 | Rank #1,418

B; b

あやかし

x1 | Rank #19,475

ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck ; something strange or suspicious ; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

下(さ)がる

x1 | Rank #1,555

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

笑(わら)い声(ごえ)

x1 | Rank #1,546

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

退(たい)治(じ)

x2 | Rank #4,580

extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation; getting rid of; stamping out; wiping out; rooting out ; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings) ; curing (an illness)

くれる

x2 | Rank #80

to give; to let (one) have ; to give ; to do for one; to take the trouble to do ; to do to someone's disadvantage

はあっ

x8 | Rank #1,158

yes; indeed; well ; ha! ; what?; huh? ; sigh

なん

x1 | Rank #206

what ; how many ; many; a lot of ; several; a few; some

て

x6 | Rank #20

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 ...

ウッ

x6 | Rank #164

oof; ough; ulp

逃(に)げる

x4 | Rank #352

to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out; to leave (e.g. one's spouse) ; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; to shirk; to back away ; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win) ; to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.); to leak out (e.g. of a scent); to be lost (e.g. of flavor) ; to fail to hold an ideal posture

さぁ

x1 | Rank #747

come (on); come now; come along; here ; all right; right; okay; now; here goes ; well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure ; here; now; there (we go); ah; oh ; about that, ...; actually, ...

どんだけ

x1 | Rank #3,577

how much; how many; to what extent ; oh my god; how; what the; incredible

いただく

x1 | Rank #343

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy ; to eat; to drink ; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) ; to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president) ; to get someone to do something

ま

x1 | Rank #259

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!

す

x1 | Rank #341

to be ; to do

うわっ

x5 | Rank #418

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

う

x1 | Rank #68,764

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

たち

x3 | Rank #126

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

おびえる

x1 | Rank #7,409

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

声(こえ)

x1 | Rank #171

voice ; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot ; voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will ; sound ; sense (of something's arrival); feeling ; voice; voiced sound

異(い)音(おん)

x1 | Rank #41,696

allophone ; strange noise

ペッ

x2 | Rank #12,251

phooey

血(けつ)肉(にく)

x1 | Rank #19,094

blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood ; flesh and blood; the body

こく

x1 | Rank #16,351

ancient expression; old poem

やっぱり

x2 | Rank #195

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

食(く)う

x8 | Rank #636

to eat ; to live; to make a living; to survive ; to bite; to sting (as insects do) ; to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of ; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume ; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position ; to consume time; to consume resources ; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) ; to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

どう

x5 | Rank #68

how; in what way; how about

だ

x31 | Rank #8

be; is

虹(にじ)色(いろ)

x2 | Rank #14,143

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

真(しん)珠(じゅ)

x3 | Rank #13,142

pearl

よ

x8 | Rank #10

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

徳(とく)の高(たか)い

x4 | Rank #68,764

virtuous; respectable

ようよう

x1 | Rank #27,985

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

あっち

x1 | Rank #1,202

that way; that direction; over there; yonder ; that (one) ; that person ; there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

息(いき)

x1 | Rank #775

breath; breathing ; concord; harmony; rapport ; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor; vapour

を

x48 | 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.

吸(す)う

x2 | Rank #1,985

to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale ; to suck; to sip; to slurp ; to absorb; to soak up ; to kiss

音(おと)

x9 | Rank #204

sound; noise ; (musical) note ; fame

ブーッ

x2 | Rank #19,000

beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

鳥(とり)

x1 | Rank #1,891

bird ; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry