Jiten beta

end; finish; place to stop ; bound; limit; end ; delivery date (of a futures contract) ; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville) ; trump card ; king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta) ; counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.) ; only; just ; (ever) since; after ; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

写(しゃ)真(しん)館(かん)

x15 | Rank #32,350

photo studio

ざ

x1 | Rank #2,770

seat; place ; position; status ; gathering; party; company; atmosphere (of a gathering) ; stand; pedestal; platform ; trade guild ; attaches to the names of constellations ; attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes ; counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs

ミッドナイト

x1 | Rank #43,668

midnight

スタジオ

x1 | Rank #6,877

studio

この

x10 | Rank #27

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

ドラマ

x1 | Rank #3,464

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; play ; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle; tragedy

は

x134 | Rank #2

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

フィクション

x1 | Rank #5,463

fiction

で

x45 | Rank #25

without doing ...

ある

x9 | Rank #36

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

登(とう)場(じょう)

x1 | Rank #2,250

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) ; appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence; introduction; advent

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

人(じん)物(ぶつ)

x1 | Rank #1,032

person; character; figure; personage; man; woman ; one's character; one's personality ; able person; talented person

事(じ)件(けん)

x10 | Rank #414

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

団(だん)体(たい)

x1 | Rank #4,034

group; party; team ; organization; organisation; association; group; body; society

及(およ)び

x2 | Rank #6,061

and; as well as

組(そ)織(しき)

x1 | Rank #1,769

organization; organisation; formation ; structure; construction; setup; constitution ; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.) ; tissue ; texture (of a rock) ; weave (of a fabric)

背(はい)景(けい)

x1 | Rank #6,740

background; scenery; backdrop; setting ; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; context ; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

等(ら)

x1 | Rank #1,344

pluralizing suffix ; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc. ; nominalizing suffix

実(じつ)在(ざい)

x1 | Rank #3,760

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

の

x183 | 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

もの

x7 | 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

とは

x4 | Rank #98

indicates word or phrase being defined ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; with ; (not) as much as; (not) so much as ; the fact that; to think that; such a thing as

一(いっ)切(さい)

x1 | Rank #1,719

all; everything; entirety; the whole ; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; without exception

関(かん)係(けい)

x2 | Rank #424

relation; relationship; connection ; participation; involvement; concern ; influence; effect ; sexual relations; sexual relationship ; related to; connected to

また

x5 | Rank #105

again; once more; once again; another time; some other time ; also; too; as well; likewise ; on the other hand; while ; and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore ; or; otherwise ; really; how; (what, why) on earth ; indirect

子(こ)役(やく)

x1 | Rank #23,829

child actor; child actress ; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part

俳(はい)優(ゆう)

x1 | Rank #9,620

actor; actress; player; performer

動(どう)物(ぶつ)

x1 | Rank #2,090

animal

保(ほ)護(ご)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #5,958

guardian; protector; patron; parent

管(かん)理(り)

x1 | Rank #3,072

control; management (e.g. of a business)

下(した)

x2 | Rank #476

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) ; bottom ; beneath; underneath ; just after; right after ; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) ; trade-in ; preliminary; preparatory

安(あん)全(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #1,805

safety; security

環(かん)境(きょう)

x1 | Rank #2,781

environment; surroundings; circumstances

撮(さつ)影(えい)

x1 | Rank #2,558

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

そ

x54 | Rank #4,085

ancestor; forefather; progenitor ; originator; pioneer; inventor; founder ; grandfather

さん

x84 | Rank #20

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

私(わたし)達(たち)

x2 | Rank #1,047

we; us

悪(あっ)鬼(き)

x12 | Rank #19,399

evil spirit; demon; devil

を

x145 | 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.

捕(つか)まえる

x7 | Rank #1,580

to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain ; to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to ; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain ; towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

あの

x15 | Rank #49

that; those; the

ソファ

x1 | Rank #5,361

sofa; couch

も

x83 | 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

替(か)える

x1 | Rank #6,632

to replace; to convert; to change ; to exchange; to interchange; to renew ; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

壁(かべ)紙(がみ)

x1 | Rank #31,849

wallpaper ; wallpaper; background image; desktop image

新(あたら)しい

x1 | Rank #575

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

明(あか)るい

x1 | Rank #2,039

light; bright; well-lit; well-lighted ; bright (colour) ; cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition) ; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy; encouraging; promising ; knowledgeable (about); familiar (with); well versed (in); well acquainted (with) ; fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

色(いろ)

x1 | Rank #787

colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade ; complexion; skin colour; skin color ; look (on one's face); expression ; appearance; air; feeling ; personality; character ; tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring ; love; lust; sensuality; love affair ; lover; paramour ; beauty; sexiness; physical appeal ; kind; type; variety

に

x117 | 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

それ

x12 | Rank #26

that; it ; then; that point (in time); that time ; there ; you

じゃあ

x3 | Rank #116

then; well; so; well then

そこ

x9 | Rank #151

there (place relatively near listener) ; there (place just mentioned); that place ; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) ; you

コーヒー

x2 | Rank #1,859

coffee

マシーン

x1 | Rank #19,940

machine ; race car; racing motorcycle

置(お)く

x3 | Rank #600

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

コンピューター

x1 | Rank #7,578

computer

買(か)う

x2 | Rank #422

to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

普(ふ)通(つう)

x2 | Rank #434

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

人(ひと)

x24 | 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

みたい

x9 | Rank #164

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

違(ちが)う

x3 | Rank #174

to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with) ; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken ; to become abnormal; to go wrong ; isn't it?; wasn't it?

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)

x19 | Rank #1,996

birthday

パーティ

x2 | Rank #4,504

party (social gathering) ; party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing) ; (political) party

から

x47 | 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

プレゼント

x2 | Rank #1,489

present; gift

何(なに)か

x13 | Rank #103

something; some; any ; somehow; for some reason ; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

欲(ほ)しい

x1 | Rank #500

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for ; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

か

x67 | 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

今(いま)まで

x2 | Rank #477

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

考(かんが)える

x6 | Rank #200

to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) ; to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration ; to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect ; to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan ; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine ; to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise ; to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view

こと

x40 | 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 ...

ない

x12 | Rank #35

nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

けど

x15 | Rank #34

but; however; although

ただ

x4 | Rank #172

ordinary; common; usual ; free of charge ; unaffected; as is; safe ; only; merely; just; simply ; but; however; nevertheless

お祝(いわ)い

x2 | Rank #4,862

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival ; congratulatory gift; present

そんな

x7 | Rank #64

such; that sort of; that kind of; like that ; no way!; never!

当(とう)然(ぜん)

x2 | Rank #618

natural; right; proper; just; reasonable; appropriate; deserved ; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course

なのに

x6 | Rank #493

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

ただの一(いち)度(ど)も

x1 | Rank #39,726

(not) even once; (not) ever

もらう

x3 | Rank #157

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

が

x174 | 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

んです

x18 | Rank #43

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

うち

x4 | Rank #183

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

家(いえ)

x7 | Rank #237

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

では

x3 | Rank #70

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

禁(きん)句(く)

x1 | Rank #36,763

taboo word; forbidden topic ; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)

だった

x12 | Rank #38

was; were