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x2 | Rank #76

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

おしん

x2 | Rank #23,556

nausea; urge to vomit

にとって

x1 | Rank #520

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

は

x22 | Rank #2

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

か

x10 | 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

の

x33 | 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

商(しょう)売(ばい)

x3 | Rank #3,071

trade; business; commerce ; occupation; calling; profession; job

で

x15 | Rank #24

without doing ...

ある

x4 | Rank #36

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

成(せい)功(こう)

x1 | Rank #1,270

success; achievement ; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

する

x7 | 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

分(わ)かる

x3 | Rank #130

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!

が

x12 | 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

新(あたら)しい

x1 | Rank #546

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

と

x9 | Rank #6

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

取(と)り組(く)む

x1 | Rank #9,190

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against ; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

度(たび)

x2 | Rank #662

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

に

x19 | 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

商(あきな)い

x1 | Rank #11,995

trade; business; trading; dealing ; turnover; sales; takings

という

x1 | Rank #66

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

もの

x1 | 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

勘(かん)

x1 | Rank #3,846

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

腕(うで)

x1 | Rank #570

arm ; ability; skill; talent; competence ; (physical) strength

を

x12 | 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.

磨(みが)く

x1 | Rank #4,549

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens) ; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)

事(こと)

x1 | 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 ...

こと

x4 | Rank #13

なる

x4 | 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

火(か)事(じ)

x2 | Rank #4,159

fire; conflagration

や

x45 | 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?

火(ひ)

x2 | Rank #943

fire; flame; blaze

消(け)す

x2 | Rank #1,145

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

あく

x1 | Rank #4,230

to open (e.g. doors) ; to open (e.g. business, etc.) ; to be empty ; to be vacant; to be available; to be free ; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) ; to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) ; to come to an end ; to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) ; to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

水(みず)

x1 | Rank #538

water (esp. cool or cold) ; fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid ; flood; floodwaters ; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

より

x1 | Rank #149

than ; rather than; instead of; over; above ; from; out of; since; at; on (and after) ; except; but; other than ; more

薪(まき)

x1 | Rank #11,222

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs) ; kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

もっと

x2 | Rank #225

(some) more; even more; longer; further

燃(も)やす

x1 | Rank #4,181

to burn ; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

たく

x1 | Rank #9,750

table; desk ; counter for tables, desks, etc. ; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony) ; tabletop incense burner

ん

x13 | Rank #22

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

海(うみ)

x9 | Rank #612

sea; ocean; waters

昭(しょう)和(わ)

x1 | Rank #4,862

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) ; reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school

年(とし)

x1 | Rank #143

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

長(なが)い

x1 | Rank #704

long (distance, length) ; long (time); protracted; prolonged

苦(くる)しい

x1 | Rank #1,694

painful; difficult; tough; hard ; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position) ; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling ; strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.); lame (e.g. excuse); forced (e.g. smile); far-fetched ; hard to do; unpleasant

戦(せん)争(そう)

x2 | Rank #1,237

war ; fighting; fierce competition

終(お)わる

x3 | 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

１(いち)年(ねん)

x1 | Rank #1,506

one year; some time ago

８(はち)

x1 | Rank #1,170

eight; 8

カ[か]月(げつ)

x1 | Rank #2,469

counter for months

春(はる)の日(ひ)

x1 | Rank #52,960

day of spring ; spring sun

おい

x1 | Rank #161

hey!; say!; I say!; come on!; look!; oi! ; I; me

おいおい

x1 | Rank #1,120

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa! ; boohoo; waaaa

って

x1 | 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 ...

ここ

x3 | Rank #56

here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...

ちゃう

x2 | Rank #2,271

to do completely ; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

えっ

x3 | Rank #73

huh?; what's up?

今(いま)

x3 | Rank #63

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

言(い)う

x7 | Rank #51

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

やる

x7 | 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

湖(みずうみ)

x4 | Rank #4,425

lake

くる

x1 | Rank #7,052

to reel; to wind; to spin (thread) ; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia) ; to count (e.g. the days) ; to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

大(おお)きな

x1 | Rank #531

big; large; great

ああ

x5 | Rank #53

ah!; oh!; alas! ; yes; indeed; that is correct ; aah; gah; argh ; hey!; yo! ; uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

よう

x3 | Rank #1,498

well; properly; skillfully ; often ; how (could you); why (would you)

見(み)る

x2 | Rank #87

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) ...

こっち

x1 | Rank #202

this way; this direction ; here ; this (one) ; I; me; we; us ; this person

心(こころ)

x2 | Rank #318

mind; heart; spirit ; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

も

x12 | 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

大(おお)きい

x1 | Rank #502

big; large; great ; loud ; extensive; spacious ; important; decisive; valuable ; older; grown up

琵(び)琶(わ)湖(こ)

x1 | Rank #28,197

Lake Biwa; Biwako

いう

x3 | Rank #8,833

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange ; to tie; to bind; to fasten; to make (a fence)

てな

x1 | Rank #5,619

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

何(なに)

x11 | Rank #30

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)

ちゅう

x1 | Rank #5,196

kiss ; squeak (of a mouse) ; with a slurp

た

x1 | Rank #144

did; (have) done ; (please) do

かて

x1 | Rank #6,249

food; provisions ; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

日本(にほん)一(いち)

x2 | Rank #6,938

Japan's best; number one in Japan

から

x5 | 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

な

x13 | 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?

お

x4 | Rank #641

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

い

x5 | Rank #134

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

この

x4 | Rank #27

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

子(こ)

x2 | Rank #238

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg

名(な)前(まえ)

x1 | Rank #320

name ; given name; first name

川原(かわら)

x3 | Rank #14,143

dry riverbed; river beach

女(じょ)性(せい)

x1 | Rank #560

woman; female ; feminine gender

陶(とう)芸(げい)家(か)

x1 | Rank #38,339

potter

道(みち)

x2 | Rank #475

road; path; street; lane; passage ; route; way ; distance; journey ; road (e.g. to victory); course ; way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles ; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma ; field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality ; means; way; method

切(き)り開(ひら)く

x1 | Rank #10,794

to cut open ; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle) ; to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

物(もの)語(がたり)

x1 | Rank #1,469

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

始(はじ)まる

x1 | Rank #679

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

涙(なみだ)

x2 | Rank #1,101

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion ; sympathy

降(くだ)る

x1 | Rank #2,019

to descend; to go down; to come down ; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) ; to pass (of time) ; to surrender; to capitulate ; to be less than; to be inferior to ; to have the runs; to have diarrhea ; to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body ; to depreciate oneself; to be humble

きっと

x1 | Rank #273

surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) ; sternly; severely ; having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight ; suddenly; abruptly; instantly

消(き)える

x1 | Rank #608

to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost ; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen) ; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope) ; to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness); to disappear; to fade away (e.g. of footsteps) ; to wear away (e.g. of an inscription); to rub out (of writing); to fade (e.g. of ink) ; to be lost (e.g. of a tradition); to die out; to disappear

揺(ゆ)らぐ

x1 | Rank #8,211

to swing; to sway; to shake; to tremble ; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

残(のこ)り火(び)

x1 | Rank #39,517

embers

どう

x1 | Rank #68

how; in what way; how about

いる

x1 | Rank #2,669

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

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