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and the like; such as; among other things; and so on ; or something; something like; a (certain) ; I hear that ...; people say that ...; rumour has it that ... ; or something; something like; or whatever

なんで

| x5 | Rank #193

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

何(なん)で

| x2 | Rank #444

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

なる

| x9 | Rank #37

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted

東(とう)京(きょう)

| x2 | Rank #1,183

Tokyo

こっち

| x1 | Rank #155

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

戻(もど)る

| x2 | Rank #194

to turn back (e.g. half-way) ; to return; to go back ; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned ; to rebound; to spring back

普(ふ)通(つう)に

| x2 | Rank #2,340

normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; sufficiently; actually; genuinely; truly ; without any issues; without any difficulty; (surprisingly) well; just fine; naturally

就(しゅう)職(しょく)

| x3 | Rank #3,758

finding employment; getting a job

職(しょく)場(ば)

| x1 | Rank #3,645

one's post; place of work; workplace

はぁ

| x3 | Rank #524

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

ほら

| x3 | Rank #205

look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

頭(あたま)いい

| x1 | Rank #10,810

bright; intelligent

原宿

| x1 | Rank #24,388

Harajuku

スカウト

| x1 | Rank #6,662

(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter ; scouting; headhunting ; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

たり

| x1 | Rank #678

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") ; doing such things as ... ; expresses a command ; to be ; indicates completion or continuation of an action

渋谷

| x1 | Rank #9,301

Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya

芸(げい)能(のう)界(かい)

| x1 | Rank #16,782

show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment

そういう

| x2 | Rank #167

such; like that; that sort of

願(がん)望(ぼう)

| x1 | Rank #7,016

desire; wish; aspiration

漫(まん)画(が)家(か)

| x1 | Rank #11,092

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

小(しょう)説(せつ)家(か)

| x1 | Rank #10,703

novelist; fiction writer

才(さい)能(のう)

| x1 | Rank #1,662

talent; ability

どこ

| x1 | Rank #109

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

アア

| x2 | Rank #6,160

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

ダメ

| x2 | Rank #395

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken ; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless ; cannot; must not; not allowed ; neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game ; no!; stop!

本(ほん)当(とう)に

| x3 | Rank #184

really; truly

見(み)つける

| x2 | Rank #376

to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing) ; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

高(たか)松(まつ)

| x6 | Rank #39,864

Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)

流(なが)す

| x1 | Rank #990

to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill ; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift ; to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away ; to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire) ; to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute ; to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place ; to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill) ; to forfeit (a pawn) ; to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly ; to exile; to banish

みたい

| x5 | Rank #105

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

何(なに)かしら

| x1 | Rank #3,899

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

普(ふ)通(つう)

| x4 | Rank #415

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

わがまま

| x1 | Rank #2,231

selfish; egoist ; self-indulgent; wilful; willful

ほうが

| x1 | Rank #706

Japanese film ; Japanese painting

うわっ

| x3 | Rank #574

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

ちょ

| x2 | Rank #581

(written) work; book ; (written) by ; clearness; obviousness; conspicuousness

なに

| x5 | Rank #860

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)

勝(かっ)手(て)に

| x1 | Rank #497

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

夢(ゆめ)

| x7 | Rank #346

dream

地(じ)元(もと)

| x3 | Rank #2,850

home area; home town ; local

くる

| x4 | Rank #46

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 ...")

負(ま)け組(ぐみ)

| x1 | Rank #32,847

losers (of society)

仕(し)事(ごと)

| x2 | Rank #217

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

うち

| x2 | Rank #147

inside; within ; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of ; among; amongst; (out) of; between ; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) ; within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts ; we; our company; our organization ; one's home; one's family ; my spouse; my husband; my wife ; signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife ; I; me

入(い)る

| x2 | Rank #127

to enter; to go in; to get in; to come in ; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to go down ; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve; to reach (e.g. a climax) ; to do fully; to do intently; to do sincerely; to do deeply; to feel keenly ; to (reach a state) completely

ってか

| x1 | Rank #2,683

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

ごめん

| x1 | Rank #219

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me ; may I come in? ; permission; leave; license ; dismissal; discharge ; not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid

えっ

| x12 | Rank #134

huh?; what's up?

旅(りょ)館(かん)

| x2 | Rank #7,145

ryokan; traditional Japanese inn

もっと

| x1 | Rank #163

(some) more; even more; longer; further

はやる

| x1 | Rank #3,011

to be popular; to come into fashion ; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic ; to flourish; to thrive

続(つづ)ける

| x1 | Rank #301

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

経(けい)営(えい)学(がく)

| x1 | Rank #46,895

management studies; business administration (study of)

部(ぶ)

| x1 | Rank #1,073

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty ; club (at a school, university, etc.); team ; part; portion; region; area ; category; class; division; section; heading ; counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.

マーケティング

| x1 | Rank #27,295

marketing

勉(べん)強(きょう)

| x1 | Rank #787

study ; diligence; working hard ; experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future) ; discount; price reduction

信(しん)金(きん)

| x2 | Rank #68,147

credit union

盛(も)り上(あ)げる

| x1 | Rank #5,460

to pile up; to heap up ; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

いく

| x1 | Rank #84

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 ...

から

| x11 | Rank #13

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

金(きん)融(ゆう)機(き)関(かん)

| x1 | Rank #40,056

financial institutions; banking facilities

コネ

| x1 | Rank #8,910

connection; pull

今(こん)後(ご)

| x1 | Rank #1,155

from now on; hereafter

設(せつ)備(び)投(とう)資(し)

| x1 | Rank #54,604

capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment

にも

| x1 | Rank #145

also; too; not ... either; as well; even ; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

有(ゆう)利(り)になる

| x1 | Rank #24,431

to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

自(じ)己(こ)資(し)金(きん)

| x1 | Rank #87,783

personal funds; one's own money; self-funding

ずっと

| x1 | Rank #187

continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout ; much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal ; far (away); long (ago, before, after) ; straight; directly

ためる

| x1 | Rank #4,485

to amass; to accumulate; to store ; to leave unpaid

全(ぜん)部(ぶ)

| x1 | Rank #244

all; entire; whole; altogether

ために

| x3 | Rank #143

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

見(み)える

| x2 | Rank #198

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

しれる

| x2 | Rank #509

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered ; to be known; to be understood ; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant ; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying ; to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe

あんなふうに

| x1 | Rank #5,134

in that way; like that; that way

悲(かな)しい

| x1 | Rank #1,105

sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful ; sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous

重(かさ)ねる

| x1 | Rank #1,871

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another ; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

ごめんなさい

| x1 | Rank #383

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

ら

| x1 | Rank #379

pluralizing suffix ; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc. ; nominalizing suffix

毎(まい)日(にち)

| x1 | Rank #587

every day; daily

働(はたら)く

| x1 | Rank #591

to work; to labor; to labour ; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play ; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice ; to be conjugated

休(やす)み

| x1 | Rank #1,307

rest; recess; respite ; vacation; holiday; absence; suspension ; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

日(ひ)

| x1 | Rank #186

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

こう

| x1 | Rank #170

in this way; like this; so; thus ; this (much); so ; uh; er; mm; well

まで

| x6 | Rank #47

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

やる気(き)

| x1 | Rank #1,776

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

でしょう

| x3 | Rank #162

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

そもそも

| x1 | Rank #774

in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio ; after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") ; beginning; start

地(じ)味(み)

| x1 | Rank #3,117

plain; simple; subdued; sober ; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quiet; unobtrusive ; quite; a (little) bit

ため

| x1 | Rank #177

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

言(い)い訳(わけ)

| x2 | Rank #1,756

excuse ; explanation

理(り)由(ゆう)

| x1 | Rank #419

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

どうして

| x2 | Rank #176

how; in what way; by what means ; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for ; cannot possibly ; no way

探(さが)す

| x1 | Rank #473

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek ; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around

知(し)る

| x4 | Rank #98

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

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