Jiten beta

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

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)

x10 | Rank #39,416

Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

を

x116 | 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.

列(れっ)強(きょう)

x4 | Rank #39,135

major powers of the world; great powers

から

x15 | 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

なければなりません

x1 | Rank #10,092

have to do; must; should; ought to

何(なん)でもいい

x1 | Rank #18,844

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

戻(もど)る

x7 | Rank #264

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

さえすれば

x1 | Rank #10,429

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

なん

x2 | Rank #210

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

とか

x2 | Rank #86

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

する

x25 | Rank #18

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

筆(ひっ)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #40,537

writer; author

おい

x2 | Rank #180

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

こっち

x1 | Rank #206

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

だ

x22 | Rank #8

be; is

はい

x10 | Rank #51

yes; that is correct ; understood; I see; OK; okay ; present; here ; pardon?; what's that?; come again? ; now; here; here you go ; giddy-up; giddap

男(おとこ)

x7 | Rank #139

man; male ; fellow; guy; chap; bloke ; male lover; boyfriend; man ; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

また

x7 | Rank #105

again; once more; once again; another time; some other time ; also; too; as well; likewise ; on the other hand; while ; and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore ; or; otherwise ; really; how; (what, why) on earth ; indirect

さ

x4 | Rank #94

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

今日(きょう)

x2 | Rank #123

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

ちゅら

x2 | Rank #54,689

beautiful; pretty; lovely

カギ

x1 | Rank #6,261

key ; lock ; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

ばかり

x1 | Rank #368

only; merely; nothing but; no more than ; approximately; about ; just (finished, etc.) ; as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute ; indicates emphasis ; always; constantly

通(とお)る

x1 | Rank #1,552

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of ; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect ; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in ; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through ; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout ; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far ; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed ; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted ; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for ; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense

な

x11 | 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?

ゆり

x1 | Rank #5,405

lily (Lilium spp.) ; yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

の

x177 | 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

花(はな)

x1 | Rank #675

flower; blossom; bloom; petal ; cherry blossom ; beauty ; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms) ; ikebana ; hanafuda ; (the) best ; glorious; lovely

ようい

x3 | Rank #243

easy; simple; plain

や

x5 | Rank #301

melting

さよ

x1 | Rank #15,135

evening

知(し)る

x5 | Rank #131

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

わし

x2 | Rank #495

I; me

あの娘(こ)

x1 | Rank #6,037

that child; that kid; that boy; that girl; that young lady ; you

絶(ぜっ)対(たい)

x1 | Rank #285

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally ; absolute; unconditional; unmistakable ; absoluteness

夢(ゆめ)

x5 | Rank #310

dream

で

x47 | Rank #10

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

見(み)る

x5 | Rank #88

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

事(こと)がある

x1 | Rank #3,193

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) ; (for something) to happen on occasion

何(なん)で

x3 | Rank #261

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

か

x37 | 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

懐(なつ)かしい

x1 | Rank #2,222

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

あの

x9 | Rank #49

that; those; the

役(やく)人(にん)

x4 | Rank #7,681

government official

様(さま)

x28 | Rank #93

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms ; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) ; state; situation; appearance; manner

うん

x3 | Rank #56

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

首里

x8 | Rank #68,880

Shusato

天(てん)

x8 | Rank #1,372

sky ; heaven ; God ; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ; deva (divine being of Buddhism) ; top (of a book) ; sole (of a Japanese sandal) ; beginning; start ; tempura ; India

志(こころざし)

x8 | Rank #5,859

will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal ; kindness; goodwill; kind offer ; gift (as a token of gratitude)

前(さき)

x3 | Rank #129

point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party

先(さき)

x1 | Rank #488

踊(おど)る

x1 | Rank #2,321

to dance (orig. a hopping dance) ; to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

だけ

x3 | Rank #45

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

よい

x10 | Rank #170

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem ; easy to ...

のです

x11 | Rank #350

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

よね

x6 | Rank #126

isn't that right?

それ

x16 | Rank #26

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

向(む)こう

x2 | Rank #730

opposite side; other side ; over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off ; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad) ; the other party; the other side ; from now; next (e.g. two weeks); coming ...; from ... onwards

が

x86 | 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

決(き)める

x2 | Rank #467

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix ; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) ; to persist in doing; to go through with ; to always do; to have made a habit of ; to take for granted; to assume ; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines ; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing ; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) ; to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

に

x122 | 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

事(こと)

x23 | Rank #95

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 ...

って

x5 | 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 ...

いう

x1 | Rank #158

to say; to utter; to declare ; to name; to call ; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

ですか

x8 | Rank #87

indicates question

そうだ

x6 | Rank #130

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; that's my impression ; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

ここ

x12 | Rank #58

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

入(い)れる

x1 | Rank #334

to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to install (e.g. software); to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. tattoo) ; to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire ; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to ; to include ; to pay (one's rent, etc.) ; to cast (a vote) ; to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ; to turn on (a switch, etc.) ; to send (a fax); to call

役(やく)目(め)

x1 | Rank #2,467

duty; role; function

も

x46 | 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

まで

x4 | Rank #60

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

あと

x1 | Rank #186

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

お前(まえ)

x10 | Rank #65

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

１(ひと)人(り)

x4 | Rank #433

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

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

持(も)つ

x2 | Rank #190

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck

くぐる

x1 | Rank #7,849

to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through ; to dive (into or under the water) ; to evade; to get around; to slip past ; to survive; to surmount

大(おお)勢(ぜい)

x9 | Rank #2,671

crowd of people; great number of people ; in great numbers

頭(とう)部(ぶ)

x9 | Rank #5,762

head

あなた

x14 | Rank #92

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

真鶴

x38 | Rank #54,447

white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

女(じょ)官(かん)

x7 | Rank #20,336

court lady; lady-in-waiting

あっ

x3 | Rank #40

ah; oh ; hey!

お初(はつ)

x1 | Rank #18,820

(for the) first time ; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item ; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

お目(め)

x1 | Rank #7,592

eye; eyes ; sight; vision; looking

かかる

x2 | Rank #559

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) ; to hang ; to come into view; to arrive ; to come under (a contract, a tax) ; to start (engines, motors) ; to attend; to deal with; to handle ; to have started to; to be on the verge of ; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover ; to (come) at ; to be fastened

八重山

x16 | Rank #62,689

Yaeyama (island)

殿(どの)

x6 | Rank #609

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

大(たい)層(そう)

x1 | Rank #10,233

very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly ; extreme; excessive; great many; large number of ; splendid; impressive; tremendous; immense ; exaggerated

褒(ほ)める

x1 | Rank #2,081

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

教(きょう)養(よう)

x8 | Rank #19,771

(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

高(たか)い

x3 | Rank #606

high; tall ; expensive; high-priced ; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.) ; loud ; high-pitched; shrill

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