Jiten beta

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

日(にっ)系(けい)

| x1 | Rank #43,258

(of) Japanese descent ; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin ; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

世(よ)

| x1 | Rank #1,973

world; society; public ; life; lifetime ; age; era; period; epoch; generation ; reign; rule ; the times ; world (of existence)

飛(ひ)騨(だ)

| x2 | Rank #56,070

Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

古(ふる)川(かわ)

| x3 | Rank #41,647

old river

町(まち)

| x1 | Rank #1,176

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

で

| x20 | Rank #8

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

とっても

| x1 | Rank #1,269

very; awfully; exceedingly ; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

すてき

| x1 | Rank #1,448

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; splendid; marvellous; fantastic; superb

屋(や)

| x2 | Rank #1,011

shop; store; restaurant ; someone who sells (something) or works as (something) ; someone with a (certain) personality trait ; house ; roof

さん

| x8 | Rank #22

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

に

| x25 | 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

出(で)会(あ)う

| x1 | Rank #761

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon ; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ; to emerge and engage (an enemy)

家(か)族(ぞく)

| x1 | Rank #578

family

も

| x26 | 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

楽(たの)しい

| x1 | Rank #366

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

な

| x11 | Rank #37

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

人(ひと)たち

| x1 | Rank #728

people

ばかり

| x1 | Rank #343

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

なん

| x2 | Rank #240

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

と

| x15 | Rank #6

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

その

| x4 | Rank #24

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

家(いえ)

| x7 | Rank #253

house; residence; dwelling ; family; household ; lineage; family name

下(げ)宿(しゅく)

| x4 | Rank #21,510

boarding; lodging; board and lodging; room and board ; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

て

| x8 | Rank #16

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 ...

もらう

| x3 | Rank #113

to receive; to take; to accept ; to get someone to do something ; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match) ; to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected

こと

| x9 | 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 ...

なる

| x3 | Rank #40

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

うん

| x7 | Rank #72

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

楽(たの)しみ

| x1 | Rank #664

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy; fun; diversion; hobby ; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

いよいよ

| x1 | Rank #1,167

more and more; all the more; increasingly ; at last; finally; beyond doubt ; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

沼(ぬま)田(た)

| x2 | Rank #41,972

deep-mud paddy

暮(く)らし

| x1 | Rank #2,631

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

が

| x18 | 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

始(はじ)まる

| x1 | Rank #476

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

わ

| x2 | Rank #64

indicates emotion or admiration ; indicates emphasis ; I; me ; wah! ; boo!

お

| x1 | Rank #719

cord; strap; thong ; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)

おはようございます

| x4 | Rank #1,154

good morning

おはよう

| x1 | Rank #831

good morning

お代(か)わり

| x1 | Rank #6,781

another helping; second helping; seconds; refill ; other paw!

はいはい

| x1 | Rank #885

crawling (of a baby)

頂(いただ)く

| x2 | Rank #1,190

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy ; to eat; to drink ; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) ; to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president) ; to get someone to do something

あっ

| x11 | Rank #84

ah; oh ; hey!

よ

| x25 | Rank #11

hey; you ; hey ; hey; hold on ; yo; hey

食(た)べる

| x4 | Rank #230

to eat ; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

から

| x11 | 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

や

| x8 | Rank #69

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?

あの

| x8 | Rank #43

that; those; the

遅(おそ)い

| x1 | Rank #426

slow ; late ; too late

申(もう)し訳(わけ)ありません

| x1 | Rank #1,233

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable ; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

でした

| x1 | Rank #285

was, were

朝(あさ)

| x3 | Rank #510

morning ; breakfast

早(はや)い

| x2 | Rank #132

fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt ; early; soon; earlier than usual ; premature; too soon; too early ; easy; simple; quick; fast ; as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ...

伝(でん)統(とう)

| x1 | Rank #6,235

tradition; convention

なんです

| x3 | Rank #296

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

この

| x3 | Rank #26

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

うち

| x5 | Rank #151

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

４(よ)時(じ)

| x3 | Rank #7,773

four o'clock

仕(し)事(ごと)

| x5 | Rank #227

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

や

| x23 | Rank #816

melting

な

| x24 | Rank #18

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?

のんびり

| x1 | Rank #2,726

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

する

| x12 | Rank #15

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

みたい

| x4 | Rank #133

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

に

| x2 | Rank #17

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods ; burden; responsibility

見(み)える

| x1 | Rank #194

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

けど

| x6 | Rank #42

but; however; although

なかなか

| x1 | Rank #538

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather ; by no means; not readily ; middle; half-way point ; excellent; wonderful; very good

えらい

| x2 | Rank #2,060

great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary ; distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous ; awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe ; tiring; tough; hard ; very; extremely

ん

| x21 | Rank #28

yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during

ぜ

| x1 | Rank #284

I can tell you ; heh

いっつ

| x2 | Rank #2,101

Ittsu

朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう)

| x1 | Rank #40,607

sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; oversleeping ; late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning

くせに

| x1 | Rank #692

and yet; though; when; in spite of

たまに

| x2 | Rank #822

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

やさ

| x1 | Rank #19,756

gentle; affectionate

夜(よる)

| x1 | Rank #407

evening; night ; dinner

寄(よ)り合(あ)い

| x4 | Rank #33,039

meeting; gathering ; village assembly ; two wrestlers approaching each other

多(おお)い

| x1 | Rank #411

many; numerous; a lot ; large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much ; frequent; common

おやじ

| x2 | Rank #4,767

one's father; one's old man; dad; pops ; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer ; one's boss ; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord ; grizzly bear

しかも

| x1 | Rank #546

moreover; furthermore ; nevertheless; and yet

あれ

| x3 | Rank #103

that; that thing ; that person ; then; that time ; that place (over there) ; down there (i.e. one's genitals) ; period; menses

さ

| x10 | Rank #100

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

父(とう)さん

| x1 | Rank #1,785

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

甘(あま)い

| x1 | Rank #752

sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared ; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music) ; lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy ; naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient ; half-hearted; not finished properly ; insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose ; mild ; tempting; enticing; luring

筆子

| x3 | Rank #146,908

Fudeko

まあ

| x3 | Rank #187

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!

しかたない

| x1 | Rank #2,226

there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

起(お)きる

| x3 | Rank #383

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire) ; to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake ; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

ね

| x10 | Rank #13

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 ...

時(とき)

| x2 | Rank #198

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

なんか

| x1 | Rank #121

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

一(いち)度(ど)

| x1 | Rank #416

once; one time; on one occasion ; temporarily; for a moment ; one degree; one tone; one musical interval

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