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

どん底(ぞこ)

x1 | Rank #16,226

very bottom; rock bottom

から

x31 | 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(おお)金(がね)持(も)ち

x1 | Rank #17,922

very rich person; the super rich

に

x98 | 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

はい上(あ)がる

x1 | Rank #32,422

to creep up; to crawl up ; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

人(にん)気(き)

x2 | Rank #1,726

popularity; public favor ; condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature

漫(まん)画(が)家(か)

x2 | Rank #5,831

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

西原理恵子

x1 | Rank #74,159

Saibara Rieko (1964.11.1-)

さん

x45 | Rank #20

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

奇(き)跡(せき)

x1 | Rank #2,128

miracle; wonder; marvel

物(もの)語(がたり)

x1 | Rank #1,507

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

父(ちち)

x1 | Rank #545

father

が

x101 | 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

事(じ)故(こ)

x1 | Rank #1,345

accident; incident; trouble ; circumstances; reasons

で

x56 | Rank #10

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

爆(ばく)死(し)

x1 | Rank #40,132

death from explosion; death from bombing ; bombing (in sales); flopping

ど

x2 | Rank #1,216

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) ; counter for occurrences ; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription ; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume ; extent; degree; limit ; presence of mind; composure

付(つ)く

x1 | Rank #1,395

to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling ; to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye ; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.) ; to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.) ; to take root ; to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with ; to side with; to belong to ; to possess; to haunt ; to be lit; to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.) ; to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided

貧(びん)乏(ぼう)

x6 | Rank #6,167

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

衝(しょう)撃(げき)

x1 | Rank #1,974

impact; shock; impulse ; (psychological) shock

人(じん)生(せい)

x6 | Rank #665

(one's) life

逃(のが)れる

x1 | Rank #3,878

to escape

と

x26 | Rank #6

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

土(と)佐(さ)

x4 | Rank #20,559

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

東(とう)京(きょう)

x5 | Rank #789

Tokyo

へ

x4 | Rank #81

to; towards; for

出(で)る

x6 | Rank #137

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over

くる

x16 | Rank #63

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

目(もく)標(ひょう)

x1 | Rank #2,028

goal; target; aim; objective ; mark; sign; landmark

絵(え)

x3 | Rank #1,008

picture; drawing; painting; sketch ; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

を

x35 | 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.

描(えが)く

x16 | Rank #854

to draw; to paint; to sketch ; to depict; to describe ; to picture in one's mind; to imagine ; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

金(かね)持(も)ち

x4 | Rank #5,374

rich person; wealthy person

なる

x10 | 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

こと

x24 | 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 ...

そして

x1 | Rank #117

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

祝(いわい)

x1 | Rank #16,963

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

連(れん)載(さい)

x10 | Rank #3,897

serialization; serialisation; serial story

回(かい)

x1 | Rank #1,005

counter for occurrences ; a time; an instance ; inning (baseball); round; game ; episode; chapter; instalment ; Hui (people) ; Islam

も

x42 | 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

ひとえに

x1 | Rank #22,858

wholly (due to); entirely; solely ; earnestly; intently; sincerely

読(どく)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #3,884

reader

皆(みんな)

x2 | Rank #419

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

様(さま)

x2 | Rank #93

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms ; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) ; state; situation; appearance; manner

おかげ

x1 | Rank #1,583

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing ; assistance; help; aid ; effects; influence

これから

x1 | Rank #329

from now on; after this; in the future; in future ; from here; from this point

一(いち)流(りゅう)

x1 | Rank #5,941

first-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking; leading; eminent; top ; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to) ; school (e.g. of flower arrangement) ; one flag; one banner; one streamer

店(みせ)

x1 | Rank #464

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

斬(き)る

x3 | Rank #2,345

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

まくる

x1 | Rank #2,340

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves) ; to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to do with reckless abandon; to do continuously ; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

正(まさ)宗(むね)

x8 | Rank #18,049

famous sword; sword blade by Masamune ; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

周(しゅう)年(ねん)

x1 | Rank #9,127

whole year; entire year ; n-th year anniversary

おめでとうございます

x2 | Rank #3,361

congratulations

一(いち)同(どう)

x2 | Rank #1,321

all present; all concerned; all of us

拍(はく)手(しゅ)

x2 | Rank #2,960

clapping hands; applause ; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

どう

x10 | Rank #71

how; in what way; how about

する

x19 | 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

んです

x19 | Rank #43

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

さっきから

x1 | Rank #1,721

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

怖(こわ)い顔(かお)

x1 | Rank #10,584

grim face; angry look

ちなみに

x1 | Rank #1,362

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

先(せん)月(げつ)

x2 | Rank #7,343

last month

原(げん)稿(こう)料(りょう)

x1 | Rank #44,176

manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

総(そう)額(がく)

x1 | Rank #27,722

total amount (of money); total sum; sum total

円(えん)

x9 | Rank #524

yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle

です

x23 | Rank #19

be; is

机(つくえ)

x1 | Rank #1,890

desk

たたく

x1 | Rank #3,377

to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums) ; to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) ; to sound out (someone's views) ; to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces ; to beat down the price ; to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.) ; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

音(おと)

x1 | Rank #204

sound; noise ; (musical) note ; fame

そう

x9 | Rank #41

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

なんだ

x11 | Rank #80

what!; oh ; what the heck; what the; damn

よ

x120 | Rank #11

hey; you ; hey ; hey; hold on ; yo; hey

始(はじ)まる

x2 | Rank #715

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

１(いち)年(ねん)

x2 | Rank #1,510

one year; some time ago

たつ

x1 | Rank #1,758

to sever; to cut off ; to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate ; to abstain (from); to give up

けど

x10 | Rank #34

but; however; although

月(げっ)収(しゅう)

x1 | Rank #58,408

monthly income

まだ

x4 | Rank #104

still; as yet; only ; (not) yet ; more; (more) still ; at least; comparatively; relatively ; unfinished; incomplete; not yet done

ぽっち

x1 | Rank #23,534

paltry; trifling; piddling; a mere ; stud; small protuberance

丈一

x3 | Rank #91,753

Jōichi

って

x39 | 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 ...

いばる

x1 | Rank #26,967

to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag

お前(まえ)

x17 | Rank #65

you ; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

うち

x10 | 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

だけ

x2 | Rank #45

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

だから

x6 | Rank #57

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason ; like I said; I told you already

な

x32 | 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?