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

強(きょう)化(か)

x1 | Rank #2,953

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification ; reinforcement

何故(なぜ)

x6 | Rank #37,796

why; how; for what reason

あいつ

x1 | Rank #252

he; she; that guy ; that; that one; that thing

を

x201 | 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.

そば

x1 | Rank #25,025

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) ; soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles ; Chinese-style wheat noodles

に

x164 | 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

置(お)く

x2 | Rank #596

to put; to place ; to leave (behind) ; to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up ; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.) ; to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool ; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house ; to separate spatially or temporally ; to do something in advance ; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

か

x64 | 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

朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)

x1 | Rank #11,856

Korea

王(おう)

x2 | Rank #559

king; ruler; sovereign; monarch ; tycoon; magnate; champion; master ; king (of the senior player)

で

x67 | Rank #24

without doing ...

あり

x2 | Rank #6,719

existing (at the present moment) ; alright; acceptable; passable ; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

多(おお)く

x2 | Rank #1,317

many; much; plenty; a lot ; majority (of); greater part (of) ; mostly; mainly; chiefly; usually; often

娘(じょう)

x7 | Rank #10,416

unmarried woman ; Miss ; -ess; -ette

父(ちち)親(おや)

x3 | Rank #979

father

字(じ)幕(まく)

x1 | Rank #6,850

subtitles; captioning

チーム

x1 | Rank #832

team

余(よ)

x1 | Rank #3,427

other; another; remaining; leftover ; over; more than ; I; me

嫌(きら)う

x1 | Rank #2,067

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

事(こと)はない

x1 | Rank #4,587

there is no need to ... ; never happens; there is never a time when

政(まつりごと)

x9 | Rank #6,512

rule; government

一(いち)味(み)

x1 | Rank #6,473

clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew ; participation (e.g. in a plot) ; one flavour; one charm ; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine) ; universality (of the teachings of Buddha)

が

x214 | 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

嫌(きら)い

x3 | Rank #934

disliked; hated; disagreeable ; tendency; smack (of); touch (of) ; distinction; discrimination

なのだ

x1 | Rank #757

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... ; did not ...

創(そう)設(せつ)

x1 | Rank #24,279

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

も

x71 | 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

私(わたし)

x83 | Rank #21

I; me

する

x43 | 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

事(こと)

x34 | Rank #91

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 ...

一(いち)々(いち)

x1 | Rank #28,197

one-by-one; separately ; every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail

異(い)議(ぎ)

x1 | Rank #10,577

objection; dissent; protest

唱(とな)える

x1 | Rank #5,610

to recite; to chant ; to cry; to yell; to shout ; to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist

上(じょう)訴(そ)

x1 | Rank #68,410

appeal (in court)

だ

x46 | Rank #8

be; is

そうだ

x5 | Rank #121

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

のように

x3 | Rank #1,411

like; similar to ; as with; in the same way

いらいら

x1 | Rank #5,117

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

では

x23 | Rank #70

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

ない

x3 | Rank #1,614

dead

しかし

x2 | Rank #162

however; but

忠(ちゅう)臣(しん)

x1 | Rank #29,434

loyal retainer; loyal subject

ふり

x1 | Rank #1,949

swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag ; appearance; behaviour; behavior ; pretence; pretense; (false) show; pretending ; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction ; postures (of a dance) ; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); setup ; unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment ; counter for swords, blades, etc.

もっともらしい

x1 | Rank #28,225

plausible; believable ; solemn; dignified; serious

大(たい)義(ぎ)名(めい)分(ぶん)

x1 | Rank #19,039

just cause; good reason; pretext; justification ; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

提(てい)示(じ)

x1 | Rank #8,319

presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents) ; presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)

自(じ)分(ぶん)

x8 | Rank #95

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself ; I; me ; you

勢(せい)力(りょく)拡(かく)大(だい)

x1 | Rank #70,924

expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)

躍(やっ)起(き)

x1 | Rank #21,857

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

なる

x12 | 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

のに

x15 | Rank #103

although; despite; even though; and yet ; whereas; while ; if only; I wish ; in order to

どうして

x8 | Rank #197

how; in what way; by what means ; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for ; cannot possibly ; no way

好(す)き

x7 | Rank #194

liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite ; liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved ; faddism; eccentricity ; as one likes; as it suits one ; lecherous; lustful; salacious

なれる

x1 | Rank #16,840

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with ; to become skilled in; to become experienced at ; to become tame; to become domesticated ; to get used to doing

だろうか

x4 | Rank #637

don't you think?; indicates question

こんな

x2 | Rank #99

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

心(こころ)の声(こえ)

x1 | Rank #3,029

(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

誰(だれ)も

x4 | Rank #466

everyone; anyone ; no one; nobody

いる

x8 | Rank #2,669

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

場(ば)

x1 | Rank #1,057

place; spot; space ; field; discipline; sphere; realm ; occasion; situation ; scene (of a play, movie, etc.) ; session ; field; table; area in which cards are laid out ; round (east, south, etc.) ; field ; field (in Gestalt psychology)

所(ところ)で

x1 | Rank #1,312

by the way; incidentally; well; now ; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

しか

x3 | Rank #219

nothing but; except; no more than

言(い)える

x1 | Rank #16,054

to be possible to say; to be able to say ; said; have said

から

x39 | 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

大(たい)した

x1 | Rank #1,519

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

もの

x5 | Rank #78

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

ではない

x11 | Rank #193

is not; am not; are not

誰(だれ)にも

x1 | Rank #5,443

to anyone; to everyone ; by anyone; by everyone ; in everyone; in anyone

秘(ひ)密(みつ)

x2 | Rank #1,092

secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy ; mystery ; secret (e.g. to success) ; esoteric teachings

ある

x23 | Rank #36

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

寺(てら)

x3 | Rank #4,986

temple (Buddhist)

間(あいだ)

x1 | 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

兵(へい)曹(そう)

x3 | Rank #42,405

warrant soldier

風(ふう)聞(ぶん)

x1 | Rank #52,534

rumour; rumor; hearsay; report

修(しゅう)正(せい)

x1 | Rank #6,989

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix

と

x114 | Rank #6

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

恩(おん)返(がえ)し

x1 | Rank #9,046

paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

つもり

x3 | Rank #249

intention; plan; purpose; expectation ; belief; assumption; thought; conviction ; estimate; estimation; calculation

良(よ)い

x20 | Rank #411

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

提(てい)案(あん)

x2 | Rank #2,219

proposal; proposition; suggestion

したく

x1 | Rank #18,736

preparation; arrangements

お目(め)

x1 | Rank #7,144

eye; eyes ; sight; vision; looking

ですか

x27 | Rank #81

indicates question