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

人(ひと)々(びと)

x2 | Rank #1,187

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

が

x92 | 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

通(つう)過(か)

x1 | Rank #5,953

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit ; passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage ; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing; getting through (a preliminary round); qualification

する

x31 | 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

人(じん)生(せい)

x6 | Rank #665

(one's) life

晴(は)れ舞(ぶ)台(たい)

x1 | Rank #31,209

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

誰(だれ)も

x1 | Rank #482

everyone; anyone ; no one; nobody

主(しゅ)役(やく)

x1 | Rank #4,419

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

に

x114 | 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

なる

x1 | Rank #631

to bear fruit

夢(ゆめ)

x1 | Rank #310

dream

舞(ぶ)台(たい)

x1 | Rank #2,152

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); (stage) performance ; setting (of a story); scene ; sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); scene; arena; world

です

x46 | Rank #19

be; is

しかし

x1 | Rank #162

however; but

年(とし)

x15 | Rank #143

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

日本(にほん)

x1 | Rank #534

Japan

では

x4 | Rank #70

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

過(か)去(こ)最(さい)高(こう)

x1 | Rank #49,025

highest ever; record-high; highest on record

と

x63 | Rank #6

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

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

ごめん

x13 | Rank #233

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me ; may I come in? ; permission; leave; license ; dismissal; discharge ; not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid

ちょっと

x28 | Rank #79

a little; a bit; slightly ; just a minute; for a moment; briefly ; somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite ; (not) easily; (not) readily ; hey!; come on; excuse me ; thanks, but no; not feasible; not possible

電(でん)気(き)

x1 | Rank #2,925

electricity ; (electric) light

つける

x1 | Rank #363

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk ; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

大(おお)ざっぱ

x1 | Rank #33,476

rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose ; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

言(い)う

x16 | Rank #50

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

いう

x6 | Rank #158

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

男(だん)性(せい)

x6 | Rank #1,117

man; male ; masculine gender

５(ご)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #2,954

five people

１(ひと)人(り)

x2 | Rank #433

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

歳(さい)

x4 | Rank #732

... years old; age (of) ...

まで

x12 | Rank #60

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

一(いち)度(ど)も

x1 | Rank #11,732

(not) even once; (not) ever

という

x5 | Rank #61

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

こと

x33 | Rank #13

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 ...

山田

x1 | Rank #2,659

Ooshita ; Kumada ; Yamata ; Yamada ; Yayuda ; Yomada

えー

x2 | Rank #761

yes; that is correct; right ; um; errr; well ; huh? ; grrr; gah; must I? ; good

まじ

x3 | Rank #512

serious; not joking; straight

で

x64 | Rank #25

without doing ...

笑(わら)い声(ごえ)

x1 | Rank #1,663

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

特(とく)に

x1 | Rank #760

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

女(じょ)性(せい)

x7 | Rank #563

woman; female ; feminine gender

未(み)婚(こん)

x2 | Rank #31,590

unmarried; not yet married

率(りつ)

x1 | Rank #7,230

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

どんどん

x1 | Rank #1,162

drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping ; rapidly; quickly; steadily ; continuously; one after the other; in succession

上(じょう)昇(しょう)

x1 | Rank #5,179

rising; ascending; climbing

代(よ)

x1 | Rank #2,591

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

後(こう)半(はん)

x1 | Rank #4,691

second half; latter half

比(くら)べる

x1 | Rank #2,082

to compare; to make a comparison ; to compete; to vie

２(に)倍(ばい)

x1 | Rank #12,133

double; twice (as much); twofold

近(ちか)く

x1 | Rank #683

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to ; shortly; soon

佐藤

x2 | Rank #2,687

Satoa ; Satoo ; Sayuki

はい

x27 | Rank #51

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

って

x52 | Rank #15

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 ...

いわゆる

x1 | Rank #3,721

what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

バブル時(じ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #101,021

bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)

話(はなし)

x3 | Rank #99

talk; speech; chat; conversation ; topic; subject ; discussions; negotiation; argument ; rumor; talk; hearsay ; tale; story; fable ; circumstances; particulars

ですか

x25 | Rank #87

indicates question

そう

x28 | Rank #41

in that way; thus; such ; so ; so?

私(わたし)

x49 | Rank #22

I; me

華(はな)やか

x1 | Rank #8,942

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; brilliant; splendid; gay; colorful; flowery ; prosperous; flourishing; thriving

なり

x1 | Rank #1,159

to be ; to be (at a location) ; sum of money

し

x11 | Rank #69

and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also ; because; since ; the thing is; for one thing

青(せい)春(しゅん)

x1 | Rank #3,860

youth; adolescence; springtime of life

を

x30 | 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.

謳(おう)歌(か)

x1 | Rank #25,593

rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

時(じ)代(だい)

x2 | Rank #982

period; epoch; era; age ; the times; those days ; oldness; ancientness; antiquity ; antique; period piece

クリスマスケーキ

x1 | Rank #39,298

Christmas cake ; unmarried woman above the age of 25

例(たと)える

x1 | Rank #17,175

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

値(ね)崩(くず)れ

x1 | Rank #98,771

price collapse

なんて

x12 | Rank #85

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

もの

x6 | 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

学(がく)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #1,961

student (esp. a university student)

たち

x3 | Rank #124

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

まあ

x11 | Rank #145

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!

今(いま)となっては

x1 | Rank #9,156

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

２０代

x6 | Rank #14,227

(one's) 20s; twenties

前(ぜん)半(はん)

x1 | Rank #7,748

first half

朋美

x4 | Rank #32,350

Akemi ; Tomomi

いや

x16 | Rank #76

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant ; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome ; no!; quit it!; stop!

熱(ねっ)心(しん)

x1 | Rank #5,536

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

ノート

x1 | Rank #2,631

notebook; copy-book; exercise book ; note; noting down ; (musical) note ; laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

取(と)る

x3 | Rank #374

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

と思(おも)ったら

x1 | Rank #2,934

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after ; at the thought of; when I think about

何(なに)

x23 | 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)

オズの魔(ま)法(ほう)使(つか)い

x1 | Rank #73,321

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)

麻(あさ)衣(ごろも)

x14 | Rank #3,356

linen robe

この

x8 | Rank #27

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

ように

x4 | Rank #77

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

急(きゅう)増(ぞう)

x1 | Rank #37,501

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

中(うち)

x2 | Rank #119

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

いずれ

x3 | Rank #1,849

which; where; who ; all; both ; anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case ; sooner or later; one of these days; someday; before long; in due course; eventually

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