Vocabulary for Monthly Magazine Home
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この
| x243 | Rank #25
this ; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this ; you (as in "you liar")
ドラマ
| x16 | Rank #3,060
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; play ; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle; tragedy
| x2190 | Rank #2
indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis
| x11 | Rank #8,109
fiction
です
| x1049 | Rank #21
be; is
| x1 | Rank #18,414
home delivery
まん
| x1 | Rank #10,177
10,000; ten thousand ; myriad ; everything; all ; various
| x109 | Rank #1,181
10,000; ten thousand ; myriad ; everything; all ; various
| x17 | Rank #3,107
substitution ; material ; price ; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something ; shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
| x57 | Rank #173
man; male ; fellow; guy; chap; bloke ; male lover; boyfriend; man ; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
| x3 | Rank #53,515
monthly income
| x93 | Rank #890
yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle
| x1 | Rank #51,025
office job; clerical work
| x3 | Rank #5,325
part-time job; side job ; part-time worker
| x5 | Rank #984
the past; bygone days ; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) ; past (tense); preterit; preterite ; previous life
| x8 | Rank #1,573
(period of) a year ; during the era (of)
| x3765 | Rank #1
indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question
Republic of Korea; South Korea
| x1 | Rank #121,675
worker
average monthly salary
| x1 | Rank #9,961
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
| x32 | Rank #9,633
1000 yen
では
| x198 | Rank #76
then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...
| x415 | Rank #266
house; residence; dwelling; home ; family; household ; lineage; family name
| x14 | Rank #8,214
price; value; cost
| x8 | Rank #28,288
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters ; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters ; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters ; cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)
| x66 | Rank #153
year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age
| x22 | Rank #4,016
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately
| x46 | Rank #594
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
| x9 | Rank #649
even if ...; even supposing that ... ; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
| x18 | Rank #1,481
value; worth; merit
| x7 | Rank #5,054
rising; ascending; climbing
| x2058 | 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
| x1 | Rank #6,930
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival ; to outweigh; to preponderate
もの
| x77 | Rank #77
thing; object; article; stuff; substance ; one's things; possessions; property; belongings ; things; something; anything; everything; nothing ; quality ; reason; the way of things ; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen ; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ... ; cause of ...; cause for ... ; somehow; somewhat; for some reason ; really; truly
ある
| x224 | Rank #32
to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about ; to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
| x67 | Rank #109
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
| x4 | Rank #168,407
Sangnam
| x22 | Rank #3,082
market; fair
タウン
| x4 | Rank #17,451
town
ハウス
| x10 | Rank #7,123
house ; plastic greenhouse ; house music ; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
| x7 | Rank #4,809
sale; sales; selling; marketing
| x36 | Rank #244
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China
| x1 | Rank #21,925
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
| x2782 | 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.
| x45 | Rank #726
everything; all; the whole ; entirely; completely; wholly; all
| x122 | Rank #334
to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
| x297 | Rank #137
to give; to confer; to bestow ; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor
| x922 | Rank #27
I; me
| x8 | Rank #469
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
()
| x38 | Rank #732
house; family
とは
| x66 | Rank #89
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
| x8 | Rank #1,655
cheap; inexpensive ; calm; peaceful; quiet
| x1 | Rank #55,859
to sell at a high price
| x874 | 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
のです
| x43 | Rank #442
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
いわば
| x1 | Rank #4,047
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
| x77 | Rank #657
money ; metal
public facilities; utilities
| x2 | Rank #34,477
attraction; lure; invitation
| x2711 | 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
| x5 | Rank #1,731
decision; determination
バイオ
| x1 | Rank #27,027
bio- ; biotechnology
| x1 | Rank #11,350
industry ; livelihood; occupation
| x1 | Rank #19,992
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
| x14 | Rank #1,061
success; achievement ; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
| x13 | Rank #2,428
plot of land; lot; soil ; locality; region; place
| x14 | Rank #560
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised ; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in ; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade ; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore ; to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface ; to increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to rise ; to improve; to make progress ; to be promoted; to advance ; to be made (of profit, etc.) ; to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
| x1054 | Rank #10
indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way
| x4 | Rank #28,886
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
| x8 | Rank #14,577
subway; metro; underground (railway)
| x2 | Rank #2,573
development; exploitation (of resources)
| x5 | Rank #6,478
project
| x2 | Rank #2,522
underground; below the ground ; world of the dead; the grave ; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding
| x1 | Rank #55,544
explosive increase; rising dramatically; shooting up
まで
| x154 | Rank #49
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
| x1 | Rank #31,753
Nobu ; Noburu
| x7 | Rank #1,871
line; stripe; stria ; line (e.g. telephone line); wire ; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam ; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane ; outline; contours; form ; level ; division ; line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle ; impression one leaves; air one gives off
| x1 | Rank #4,796
the nth ... ; divisions of a kabuki performance
| x2 | Rank #50,654
the price of land
| x8 | Rank #1,105
the present; present time; now ; as of ; present tense ; this world; this life ; to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
| x513 | Rank #2,167
representation; representative; delegate; delegation ; exemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar; model ; leader ; switchboard number; main number
こう
| x27 | Rank #167
in this way; like this; so; thus ; this (much); so ; uh; er; mm; well
なる
| x190 | Rank #39
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
こと
| x574 | Rank #14
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 ...
| x8 | Rank #1,580
knowing; being aware (of) ; (an) acquaintance
だった
| x152 | Rank #36
was; were
| x137 | Rank #26
yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during
でしょ
| x345 | Rank #164
it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?
| x7 | Rank #3,836
purchase; buying
| x10 | Rank #1,806
double; twice (as much) ; times (as much); -fold ; 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n
| x17 | Rank #345
not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more ; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than ; the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing ; since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ... ; that's all; that is the end; the end
はい
| x468 | Rank #58
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
forced eviction; deport
どう
| x245 | Rank #60
how; in what way; how about
| x238 | Rank #102
eh?; what?; oh? ; yes; that's correct ; strengthens a question, assertion, etc. ; hey
| x71 | Rank #99
to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over
| x385 | Rank #68
indicates emotion or admiration ; indicates emphasis ; I; me ; wah! ; boo!
から
| x622 | 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