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x803 | 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

世(よ)の中(なか)

x11 | Rank #1,668

society; the world; the times

が

x427 | 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

終(お)わる

x6 | Rank #328

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over ; to finish; to complete; to conclude ; to finish doing ; to be past its (one's) prime ; to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless

５(ご)

x1 | Rank #522

five; 5

年(とし)

x12 | Rank #143

year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age

経(た)つ

x1 | Rank #2,474

to pass (of time); to elapse

今日(きょう)

x10 | Rank #115

today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

新(しん)橋(ばし)

x1 | Rank #28,255

Shinbashi (Tokyo)

と

x182 | Rank #6

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

横(よこ)浜(はま)

x1 | Rank #6,093

Yokohama (city)

間(あいだ)

x3 | Rank #395

space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch ; period of time (during, while); duration; interval ; between (two parties or things) ; among (a group) ; relations (between); relationship ; midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground ; due to; because of

に

x463 | 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

鉄(てつ)道(どう)

x1 | Rank #8,966

railroad; railway; rail transport

というもの

x2 | Rank #2,556

something like ...; something called ...

通(とお)る

x3 | Rank #1,538

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

小(こ)耳(みみ)

x1 | Rank #27,191

overhear; happened to hear that

挟(はさ)む

x3 | Rank #3,008

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides) ; to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose ; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch ; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings); to interpose (e.g. an objection); to interject; to throw in (e.g. a joke) ; to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to have between each other; to be across (a street, river, etc.) ; to harbour (feelings); to cast (e.g. doubt)

は

x646 | Rank #2

indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

信(しん)じる

x3 | Rank #378

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

ほど

x8 | Rank #230

extent; degree; measure ; limit; bounds ; (span of) time ; (a) distance ; the state of; the status of; the condition of ; about; around; approximately; or so ; as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ... ; the more ... the more ...

速(はや)さ

x1 | Rank #5,020

speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity ; earliness

で

x139 | Rank #24

without doing ...

変(か)わる

x8 | Rank #391

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary ; to move to ; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

薩(さつ)摩(ま)

x9 | Rank #9,510

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) ; sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

や

x32 | 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?

土(と)佐(さ)

x3 | Rank #18,424

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

人(ひと)たち

x7 | Rank #851

people

中(ちゅう)心(しん)

x4 | Rank #1,950

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance ; -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on

なる

x47 | Rank #43

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

始(はじ)まる

x4 | Rank #679

to begin; to start; to commence ; to happen (again); to begin (anew) ; to date (from); to originate (in)

新(あたら)しい

x7 | Rank #546

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

国(くに)づくり

x1 | Rank #50,918

nation building

おかげで

x1 | Rank #880

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

今(いま)

x36 | Rank #63

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately ; another; more

では

x37 | Rank #70

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

彼(かれ)ら

x7 | Rank #565

they; them

刃(は)向(む)かう

x1 | Rank #17,003

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

方(ほう)

x24 | Rank #142

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

人(ひと)々(びと)

x1 | Rank #1,160

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

すっかり

x1 | Rank #1,416

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

悪(わる)者(もの)

x1 | Rank #8,776

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

扱(あつか)い

x1 | Rank #1,930

treatment; service; dealing (with); handling; management ; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; use ; treating as; treating like

です

x107 | Rank #18

be; is

たたく

x2 | Rank #3,159

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums) ; to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) ; to sound out (someone's views) ; to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces ; to beat down the price ; to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.) ; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

斬(き)る

x15 | Rank #2,239

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

え

x17 | Rank #88

eh?; what?; oh? ; yes; that's correct ; strengthens a question, assertion, etc. ; hey

い

x7 | Rank #134

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

特(とく)に

x1 | Rank #764

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

京(みやこ)

x36 | Rank #2,651

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government ; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light) ; location of the Imperial Palace

町(まち)

x7 | Rank #645

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

過(か)激(げき)

x1 | Rank #10,649

extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language) ; strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding

を

x442 | 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.

取(と)り締(し)まる

x1 | Rank #20,485

to manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command ; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce; to regulate

新(しん)選(せん)組(ぐみ)

x48 | Rank #23,256

Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

時(じ)代(だい)遅(おく)れ

x1 | Rank #19,807

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

呼(よ)ぶ

x2 | Rank #340

to call out (to); to call; to invoke ; to summon (a doctor, etc.) ; to invite ; to designate; to name; to brand ; to garner (support, etc.); to gather ; to take as one's wife

局(きょく)長(ちょう)

x28 | Rank #6,259

bureau director; office chief

勇(ゆう)

x45 | Rank #9,510

bravery; courage; heroism

悪(あく)

x1 | Rank #2,580

evil; wickedness ; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

権(ごん)化(げ)

x1 | Rank #28,639

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar ; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

ように

x24 | Rank #82

like; as ; so that; in order that; so as to; in order to ; be sure to ; I hope (that); I pray (that); may

さげすむ

x1 | Rank #39,167

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

て

x45 | Rank #20

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 ...

いる

x24 | Rank #55

to be (of animate objects); to exist ; to stay ; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

ゆかり

x1 | Rank #5,675

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

者(もの)

x29 | Rank #264

person

その事(こと)

x3 | Rank #5,710

that; the matter in question

ひた隠(かく)し

x1 | Rank #40,778

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

する

x72 | 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

暮(く)らす

x2 | Rank #1,188

to live; to get along ; to spend (time)

お前(まえ)

x48 | Rank #62

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

桂(かつら)

x9 | Rank #6,934

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

だ

x178 | Rank #8

be; is

な

x117 | 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?

勇(いさ)む

x1 | Rank #47,891

to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

討(う)つ

x2 | Rank #4,042

to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge

仲(ちゅう)間(げん)

x6 | Rank #462

companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate ; group; company; circle; set; gang ; member of the same category (family, class)

仇(あだ)

x3 | Rank #6,111

foe; enemy; rival ; resentment; enmity; grudge ; harm; injury

覚(かく)悟(ご)

x4 | Rank #1,011

readiness; (mental) preparedness ; resolution; determination ; resignation (to one's fate)

えい

x4 | Rank #1,601

ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

けれども

x2 | Rank #4,654

but; however; although

私(わたし)

x100 | Rank #21

I; me

知(し)る

x18 | 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

決(けっ)して

x3 | Rank #1,040

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

その

x54 | Rank #28

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

ような

x8 | Rank #107

like; similar to ; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that) ; feels like; feels similar to; feels as if

悪(あく)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #8,254

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

ある

x31 | Rank #36

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

デシ

x23 | Rank #239

deci-; 10^-1

た

x28 | Rank #144

did; (have) done ; (please) do

嘉(か)永(えい)

x1 | Rank #87,708

Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

７(しち)

x2 | Rank #966

seven

黒(くろ)船(ふね)

x10 | Rank #17,676

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853 ; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

２(に)度(ど)目(め)

x1 | Rank #12,140

the second time

やる

x39 | Rank #60

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study ; to send; to dispatch; to despatch ; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) ; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer ; to make (a vehicle) go faster ; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise ; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke ; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ; to ease (one's mind) ; to harm; to injure; to kill

くる

x33 | Rank #61

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 ...")

当(とう)時(じ)

x2 | Rank #1,370

at that time; in those days

さん

x164 | Rank #25

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

名(な)乗(の)り

x1 | Rank #14,358

giving one's name; self-introduction ; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield) ; name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age ; Japanese kanji reading used in names

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