Jiten beta

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth ; one object; one body; unity ; one form; one style ; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) ; generally; in general

どこ

x2 | Rank #136

where; what place ; how much (long, far); what extent

から

x20 | 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

封(ふう)筒(とう)

x2 | Rank #6,727

envelope

原(げん)稿(こう)

x15 | Rank #3,319

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

を

x76 | 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.

入(にゅう)手(しゅ)

x3 | Rank #6,346

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

の

x125 | Rank #1

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

か

x19 | 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

答(こた)え

x3 | Rank #908

answer; reply; response ; answer; solution; result

簡(かん)単(たん)

x1 | Rank #618

simple; easy; uncomplicated ; brief; quick; light

殺(ころ)す

x5 | Rank #296

to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter ; to suppress; to block; to hamper; to destroy (e.g. talent); to eliminate (e.g. an odour); to spoil (e.g. a flavour); to kill (e.g. one's speed) ; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath) ; to put out (a runner) ; to pawn; to put in hock

奪(うば)う

x1 | Rank #887

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp ; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle

んだ

x4 | Rank #16

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

作(さっ)家(か)

x3 | Rank #3,534

author; writer; novelist; artist

本(ほん)人(にん)

x2 | Rank #1,172

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

ね

x9 | 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 ...

おい

x2 | Rank #161

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

ライバル

x1 | Rank #3,380

rival; competitor; competition

お前(まえ)

x6 | Rank #62

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

何(なに)

x11 | Rank #30

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)

する

x11 | 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

で

x29 | Rank #24

without doing ...

ある

x9 | Rank #36

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

一(いち)助(じょ)

x1 | Rank #45,336

a help; an aid; some assistance

となる

x2 | Rank #926

to become; to be

情(じょう)報(ほう)

x2 | Rank #480

information; news; report; intelligence ; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)

が

x79 | 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

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?

も

x21 | 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

警(けい)官(かん)

x6 | Rank #3,428

police officer; policeman; constable

さん

x1 | Rank #25

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ; politeness marker

その

x12 | Rank #28

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

話(わ)題(だい)

x1 | Rank #1,968

topic; subject ; much talked about; topical; in the news; hot

推(すい)理(り)作(さっ)家(か)

x3 | Rank #53,448

mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

殺(ころ)し

x7 | Rank #2,376

murder; killing; murderer

って

x3 | Rank #15

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 ...

どんな

x1 | Rank #285

what kind of; what sort of; what ; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any; all

事(じ)件(けん)

x5 | Rank #400

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

なんです

x1 | Rank #338

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

何(なん)だ

x3 | Rank #916

what!; oh ; what the heck; what the; damn

知(し)る

x4 | Rank #120

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

第(だい)一(いち)

x1 | Rank #1,624

first; foremost; number one ; most important ; best; greatest; most ; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with

発(はっ)見(けん)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #11,891

discoverer

旅(りょ)館(かん)

x3 | Rank #5,201

ryokan; traditional Japanese inn

女将(おかみ)

x2 | Rank #8,268

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

物(もの)音(おと)

x1 | Rank #5,214

noise; sound

あら

x1 | Rank #494

oh!; ah!; oh no

何(なに)かしら

x1 | Rank #5,313

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why ; something (or other); some ... or other

あっ

x4 | Rank #35

ah; oh ; hey!

ぎゃあ

x1 | Rank #4,530

yikes!; eek!; ouch!; blech ; ook; eek ; customer

人(にん)形(ぎょう)

x1 | Rank #1,559

doll; puppet; marionette ; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

運(はこ)ぶ

x1 | Rank #1,254

to carry; to transport; to move; to convey ; to come; to go ; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move ; to carry out; to proceed with; to arrange ; to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

人(にん)間(げん)

x3 | Rank #173

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

耳(みみ)

x1 | Rank #882

ear ; hearing ; ear (for music, etc.) ; edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage ; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle

だった

x3 | Rank #40

was; were

被(ひ)害(がい)者(しゃ)

x5 | Rank #1,150

victim; injured party; sufferer

スゴ腕(うで)

x1 | Rank #26,680

remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique ; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso

執(しっ)筆(ぴつ)

x1 | Rank #6,144

writing; authoring

ため

x2 | Rank #190

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

長(なが)い

x1 | Rank #704

long (distance, length) ; long (time); protracted; prolonged

トウ

x1 | Rank #12,695

toe ; toe (of a club)

留(ルーブル)

x1 | Rank #13,258

ruble (Russian currency); rouble

自(じ)室(しつ)

x1 | Rank #8,302

one's own room

殺(さつ)害(がい)

x2 | Rank #2,438

killing; murder

この

x16 | Rank #27

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

最(さい)大(だい)

x3 | Rank #1,929

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

謎(なぞ)

x2 | Rank #1,364

riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery ; enigmatic; mysterious

状(じょう)況(きょう)

x2 | Rank #460

state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

作(さく)中(ちゅう)

x2 | Rank #21,707

within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

殺(さつ)人(じん)

x2 | Rank #2,467

murder; homicide; manslaughter

と

x34 | Rank #6

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

酷(こく)似(じ)

x1 | Rank #24,597

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

こと

x8 | 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 ...

これ

x16 | Rank #33

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

世(せ)間(けん)

x1 | Rank #2,662

world; society; people; the public

にぎわす

x1 | Rank #58,968

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to hit (the front page, headlines, etc.) ; to make prosperous

通(つう)称(しょう)

x1 | Rank #6,373

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

概(がい)要(よう)

x1 | Rank #13,526

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment; abridgement

だ

x49 | Rank #8

be; is

そして

x1 | Rank #117

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

最(さい)終(しゅう)

x5 | Rank #3,559

last; final; closing ; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

話(はなし)

x4 | Rank #101

talk; speech; chat; conversation ; topic; subject ; discussions; negotiation; argument ; rumor; talk; hearsay ; tale; story; fable ; circumstances; particulars

読(よ)む

x2 | Rank #555

to read ; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant ; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine ; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji) ; to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time) ; to count; to estimate ; to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

盗(ぬす)む

x2 | Rank #1,974

to steal ; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to watch and learn ; to do stealthily ; to do during scant time ; to steal a base

者(もの)

x1 | Rank #264

person

正(しょう)体(たい)

x2 | Rank #1,411

true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin ; consciousness; one's senses

分(わ)かる

x5 | 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!

踏(ふ)む

x1 | Rank #2,569

to step on; to tread on; to trample on ; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit ; to experience; to undergo ; to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete ; to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise ; to rhyme ; to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

ので

x4 | Rank #133

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

旧(きゅう)知(ち)

x1 | Rank #29,639

old friend; old acquaintance

動(どう)機(き)

x7 | Rank #3,862

motive; incentive ; motif

積(せき)年(ねん)

x1 | Rank #37,131

(many) years ; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient