Jiten beta

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.

言(い)う

x14 | Rank #50

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

はじめは

x1 | Rank #29,548

at first; in the beginning; originally

つまる

x1 | Rank #2,407

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) ; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up ; to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow ; to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for) ; to come to the end; to be settled ; to become a geminate consonant ; to hit the bat close to the batter's hands (of a pitch); to hit off the fists; to get jammed

事(じ)件(けん)

x4 | Rank #414

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

だ

x19 | Rank #8

be; is

と

x56 | Rank #6

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

思(おも)う

x6 | Rank #73

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

中(ちゅう)年(ねん)男(おとこ)

x1 | Rank #34,717

middle-aged man

が

x85 | 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

失(しっ)踪(そう)

x2 | Rank #7,055

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

する

x32 | 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

例(れい)

x1 | Rank #4,132

example; instance; illustration; case ; precedent ; custom; habit; practice; usage

は

x74 | Rank #2

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

ごまんと

x1 | Rank #34,717

in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly

ある

x18 | Rank #36

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

大(たい)概(がい)

x1 | Rank #9,763

generally; mainly; usually; normally; mostly; for the most part ; nearly all; almost all; most ; gist; summary; outline; main idea ; staying within bounds; not overdoing (something); not getting carried away; not going too far; being moderate ; probably; perhaps; in all likelihood ; considerably; greatly; really

金(かね)

x4 | Rank #455

money ; metal

の

x146 | 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

トラブル

x2 | Rank #3,536

trouble; difficulty; problem; quarrel; conflict; dispute; fight ; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; malfunction ; (medical) condition; disorder; problem

か

x36 | 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

女(おんな)

x2 | Rank #215

woman; female ; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

捜(そう)査(さ)

x2 | Rank #1,348

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

も

x43 | 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

徒(と)労(ろう)

x1 | Rank #35,723

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

に

x75 | 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

終(お)わる

x2 | Rank #335

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

関(せき)の山(やま)

x1 | Rank #33,036

the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

私(わたし)

x43 | Rank #22

I; me

には

x8 | Rank #37

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

この

x9 | Rank #27

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

調(しら)べる

x1 | Rank #784

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search

個(こ)人(じん)的(てき)

x1 | Rank #3,899

personal; individual; private

理(り)由(ゆう)

x1 | Rank #377

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

林(はやし)

x1 | Rank #3,957

wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket ; bunch (of something); cluster; line; collection

刑(けい)事(じ)

x3 | Rank #1,220

(police) detective ; criminal matter

呉(ご)

x5 | Rank #8,124

go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk)

さん

x71 | Rank #20

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

見(み)る

x8 | 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) ...

くださる

x10 | Rank #125

to give; to confer; to bestow ; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

福本

x14 | Rank #32,031

Fukumeto ; Fukumoto

携(けい)帯(たい)電(でん)話(わ)

x1 | Rank #2,790

mobile phone; cell phone

です

x43 | Rank #19

be; is

人(じん)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #665

(one's) life

いつも

x3 | Rank #232

always; all the time; at all times ; never ; usual; regular; habitual; customary

皮(ひ)肉(にく)

x1 | Rank #5,402

irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire ; unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned ; (only) surface; something superficial ; skin and bone; body

ん

x32 | Rank #23

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

李(すもも)

x30 | Rank #6,718

Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum

里香

x30 | Rank #9,720

Satoka ; Satoko

信(しん)じる

x7 | Rank #392

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

普(ふ)通(つう)

x1 | Rank #434

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

として

x5 | Rank #150

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) ; apart from... (used to change the topic) ; even (e.g. "not even a single person") ; thinking that...; trying to...

優太

x14 | Rank #17,932

Yūta

幸(しあわ)せ

x2 | Rank #544

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

なる

x13 | Rank #44

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

んです

x28 | Rank #43

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

家(か)族(ぞく)

x4 | Rank #543

family

一(いち)員(いん)

x1 | Rank #5,336

one person; one member

ですから

x2 | Rank #586

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason

ったら

x1 | Rank #1,823

if; when; after ; when it comes to ...; as for ...; that ... ; why don't you ...; why not ...; how about ...; what about ... ; I tell you!; I said ...; I really mean ... ; vocative particle

何(なに)

x19 | Rank #31

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)

やる

x6 | Rank #66

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

だろう

x6 | Rank #62

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

ごめんなさい

x5 | Rank #509

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

章介

x1 | Rank #129,248

Akisuke ; Akiyuki ; Shousuke ; Takayuki

所(しょ)在(ざい)

x1 | Rank #12,218

location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is

わかる

x6 | Rank #198

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!

あなた

x12 | Rank #92

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

嘘(うそ)

x4 | Rank #686

lie; fib; falsehood; untruth ; mistake; error ; unwise move; bad decision ; no way!; unbelievable!; really?!

つる

x1 | Rank #943

to fish; to angle; to catch ; to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure

ね

x38 | Rank #14

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 ...

どういう

x2 | Rank #321

what kind of; what sort of; what

意(い)味(み)

x1 | Rank #316

meaning; significance; sense

でしょう

x4 | Rank #155

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

奥多摩

x1 | Rank #22,526

Okutama

旅(りょ)館(かん)

x3 | Rank #5,415

ryokan; traditional Japanese inn

滞(たい)在(ざい)

x2 | Rank #8,080

stay; sojourn

事(こと)

x40 | 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 ...

勘(かん)定(じょう)

x1 | Rank #16,713

calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count ; bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account) ; consideration; allowance

払(はら)う

x2 | Rank #1,343

to pay (e.g. money, bill) ; to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches) ; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors) ; to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of ; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern) ; to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert ; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate ; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside ; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy) ; to reset (an abacus)

姿(すがた)

x2 | Rank #289

figure; form; shape ; appearance; dress; guise ; state; condition; picture; image ; form (of a waka) ; dressed in ...; wearing ...

消(け)す

x2 | Rank #1,199

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete ; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off ; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out ; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison) ; to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle ; to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

そうです

x3 | Rank #291

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

かおり

x4 | Rank #8,917

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

という

x2 | Rank #61

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

女(じょ)性(せい)

x1 | Rank #563

woman; female ; feminine gender

約(やく)束(そく)

x2 | Rank #625

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact ; appointment; engagement; date ; convention; rule ; destiny; fate

宿(やど)

x1 | Rank #3,112

lodging; inn; hotel ; house; home; dwelling ; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

人(ひと)

x4 | Rank #82

person; someone; somebody ; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans ; human (Homo sapiens) ; (other) people; others ; character; personality; nature ; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person ; adult; grown-up ; I; me; one

て

x22 | Rank #21

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 ...

というのは

x1 | Rank #1,045

because ...; for ...; the reason being ... ; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...; how about ...

店(みせ)

x2 | Rank #464

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

で

x26 | Rank #10

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

使(つか)う

x2 | Rank #230

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use ; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume ; to use (language); to speak

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