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

x6 | 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

x60 | 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

x15 | 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)

x2 | Rank #173

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

妖(よう)怪(かい)

x4 | 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

x2 | 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

x2 | Rank #3,402

sadness; sorrow; grief ; affection; love

夢(ゆめ)

x5 | Rank #316

dream

現(げん)実(じつ)

x2 | Rank #1,152

reality; actuality; hard fact

一(いっ)瞬(しゅん)

x3 | Rank #787

instant; moment; for an instant

永(えい)遠(えん)

x1 | Rank #1,925

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

そして

x3 | 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)

x5 | Rank #13,783

yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

姫(ひめ)

x5 | Rank #960

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

は

x73 | 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)

x2 | Rank #1,112

fate; destiny; lot

に

x33 | 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

仇(きゅう)敵(てき)

x1 | Rank #32,929

bitter enemy

である

x2 | Rank #250

be; is

西(さい)国(ごく)

x2 | Rank #36,228

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) ; western nations (esp. India or Europe) ; thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara) ; pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

大(たい)将(しょう)

x4 | Rank #3,146

general; admiral ; head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin ; old chap; mate; boss; chief; man ; athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

鎌(かま)倉(くら)

x1 | Rank #11,401

Kamakura (city)

まで

x3 | Rank #59

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

赴(おもむ)く

x1 | Rank #8,397

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to ; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.) ; to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey

こと

x14 | 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 ...

です

x10 | Rank #18

be; is

ほう

x2 | Rank #1,216

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc. ; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

それ

x6 | Rank #26

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

誠(まこと)

x1 | Rank #4,344

truth; reality; fact ; sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith ; indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

か

x29 | 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

渾(こん)沌(とん)

x6 | Rank #70,924

chaos; confusion; disorder ; chaotic; confused; uncertain; disarrayed

しかも

x1 | Rank #623

moreover; furthermore ; nevertheless; and yet

や

x2 | Rank #72

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

竜(りゅう)骨(こつ)

x1 | Rank #45,669

keel (of a ship) ; Fossilia ossis mastodi (traditional Chinese medicine); dragon bone; longgu

精(せい)

x1 | Rank #4,191

spirit; sprite; nymph ; energy; vigor (vigour); strength ; fine details ; semen

で

x14 | Rank #24

without doing ...

深(ふか)手(で)

x1 | Rank #26,004

severe wound; serious wound; gash

を

x41 | 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.

負(お)う

x1 | Rank #2,934

to carry on one's back; to bear; to shoulder ; to take (responsibility); to assume; to accept; to bear (the blame, costs, etc.); to have (a duty, obligation, etc.); to become responsible for; to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.) ; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound); to receive; to incur (a loss, damage, etc.) ; to owe (a debt of gratitude to); to be indebted to ; to have (something) behind one; to be backed by

という

x3 | Rank #66

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

うわさ

x1 | Rank #2,257

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

といえど

x1 | Rank #7,320

be (that) as it may; having said that

も

x26 | 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

たやすい

x2 | Rank #9,794

easy; simple; light

打(う)ち倒(たお)す

x1 | Rank #18,579

to knock down; to defeat

フッ

x4 | Rank #311

hah (derisively); pooh ; pfft (of something disappearing); poof ; huff; puff

いざ

x1 | Rank #2,761

now; come (now); well

この

x6 | Rank #27

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

機(はた)

x1 | Rank #57,366

loom

雌(し)雄(ゆう)

x1 | Rank #42,827

male and female (animals); the two sexes ; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses

決(けっ)する

x1 | Rank #8,758

to decide; to determine

天(てん)下(か)

x2 | Rank #4,185

the whole world ; the whole country ; society; the public ; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power ; having one's own way; doing as one pleases ; peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous ; shogun (Edo period)

覇(は)道(どう)

x1 | Rank #29,185

military rule

我(われ)ら

x2 | Rank #1,514

we; us ; I; me ; you

手(て)

x1 | Rank #127

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

収(おさ)める

x1 | Rank #4,687

to put (into); to put away (in); to put back (in); to keep (in); to store (in); to restore (to its place) ; to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to publish (in); to capture (on film) ; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to get; to gain; to win; to make (a profit) ; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to supply ; to accept (a gift or money) ; to keep (within a limit) ; to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.); to dedicate ; to subdue; to suppress; to settle ; to finish; to conclude; to wind up; to bring to a close

ぞ

x7 | Rank #58

adds force or indicates command

たわけ

x1 | Rank #14,698

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense ; fool; idiot

２(ふた)人(り)

x7 | Rank #256

two persons; two people; pair; couple

ウッ

x13 | Rank #164

oof; ough; ulp

やつ

x3 | Rank #201

fellow; guy; chap ; thing; object ; he; she; him; her

戦(たたか)いを挑(いど)む

x1 | Rank #34,809

to challenge (a person) to a fight

なら

x3 | Rank #65

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

傷(きず)つく

x1 | Rank #2,303

to be wounded; to get injured ; to get hurt feelings ; to get damaged; to get chipped; to get scratched

弱(よわ)まる

x1 | Rank #12,403

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

とき

x2 | Rank #177

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

選(えら)ぶ

x1 | Rank #611

to choose; to select

正(せい)道(どう)

x1 | Rank #25,367

path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path

さほど

x1 | Rank #8,050

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

決(けっ)戦(せん)

x1 | Rank #4,930

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

とは

x2 | Rank #97

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

崇(すう)高(こう)

x1 | Rank #19,166

lofty; sublime; noble ; the sublime (aesthetics)

なも

x1 | Rank #4,195

amen; hail

そんな

x6 | Rank #64

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

分(わ)かる

x8 | Rank #130

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!

はっ

x2 | Rank #156

oh ; yes ; huh?; hm?; what's that?

おる

x1 | Rank #16,578

to weave

ここ

x4 | Rank #56

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

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