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x178 | 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

郡(ぐん)

x2 | Rank #9,886

district; county ; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period) ; commandery (in China)

奉(ぶ)行(ぎょう)

x3 | Rank #13,293

magistrate; shogunate administrator

牧(まき)

x24 | Rank #8,629

pasture; grazing land

助左衛門

x6 | Rank #47,534

Sukezaemon

は

x132 | Rank #2

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

さき

x1 | Rank #6,941

point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party

藩(はん)主(しゅ)

x3 | Rank #32,166

feudal lord; daimyo

側(そく)室(しつ)

x2 | Rank #20,486

concubine (of a noble)

福(ふく)

x21 | Rank #12,662

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

様(さま)

x39 | Rank #93

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

と

x69 | Rank #6

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

青(せい)春(しゅん)

x2 | Rank #3,860

youth; adolescence; springtime of life

日(ひ)々(び)

x2 | Rank #1,703

daily; everyday ; days (e.g. of one's youth) ; every day; day after day; day by day; from day to day

を

x107 | 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.

振(ふ)り返(かえ)る

x1 | Rank #2,208

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back ; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

事(じ)件(けん)

x1 | Rank #414

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

から

x21 | 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

１(いち)年(ねん)

x2 | Rank #1,510

one year; some time ago

半(はん)

x1 | Rank #2,599

half; semi-; partial ; half-past ; odd number ; han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

後(あと)

x6 | Rank #218

behind; rear ; after; later ; remainder; the rest ; more (e.g. five more minutes); left ; also; in addition ; descendant; successor; heir ; after one's death ; past; previous

文四郎

x60 | Rank #54,051

Bunshirou

家(か)老(ろう)

x7 | Rank #22,775

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

里(さと)村(むら)

x9 | Rank #37,902

village

処(しょ)分(ぶん)

x2 | Rank #3,773

disposal; throwing away; selling off ; dealing with (a problem); measure ; punishment; penalty ; putting down (e.g. diseased animal)

解(と)く

x1 | Rank #2,381

to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack ; to unsew; to unstitch ; to solve; to work out; to answer ; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease ; to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege) ; to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss ; to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

が

x78 | 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

思(おも)いを寄(よ)せる

x1 | Rank #77,022

to give one's heart to; to fall in love ; to turn one's mind towards; to think of

ふく

x8 | Rank #16,060

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; costume; suit; outfit ; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

江(え)戸(ど)

x2 | Rank #3,147

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

で

x50 | Rank #10

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

お手(て)

x1 | Rank #10,718

hand; arm ; handwriting; penmanship ; paw!; shake!

つくる

x4 | Rank #1,540

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct ; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) ; to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train ; to till ; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write ; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose ; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found ; to have (a child) ; to make up (one's face, etc.) ; to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)

ひそか

x1 | Rank #8,852

secret; private; surreptitious

に

x111 | Rank #29

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods ; burden; responsibility

国(くに)元(もと)

x2 | Rank #44,694

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

帰(かえ)る

x4 | Rank #202

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back ; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.) ; to get home; to get to home plate

出(しゅっ)産(さん)

x1 | Rank #9,172

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition ; production (of goods)

父(ちち)

x7 | Rank #545

father

非(ひ)業(ごう)の死(し)

x1 | Rank #64,819

unnatural death; violent death

遂(と)げる

x1 | Rank #8,052

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out ; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

４(よ)年(ねん)

x1 | Rank #5,926

four years

ようやく

x1 | Rank #910

finally; at last ; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just ; gradually; little by little; by degrees

事(こと)

x2 | Rank #95

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 ...

真(しん)相(そう)

x1 | Rank #4,256

truth; real situation

知(し)る

x3 | Rank #131

to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility

村(むら)

x15 | Rank #650

village

代(だい)官(かん)

x1 | Rank #21,592

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff ; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator

不(ふ)正(せい)

x1 | Rank #5,716

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud

正(ただ)す

x1 | Rank #7,526

to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

農(のう)民(みん)

x2 | Rank #16,739

farmer; peasant

助(たす)ける

x1 | Rank #383

to save; to rescue; to spare ; to help; to assist ; to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid ; to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to

として

x2 | Rank #150

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) ; apart from... (used to change the topic) ; even (e.g. "not even a single person") ; thinking that...; trying to...

葬(ほうむ)る

x1 | Rank #9,104

to bury; to inter; to entomb ; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

のです

x15 | Rank #350

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

その

x17 | Rank #28

that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...

里(り)

x11 | Rank #1,831

Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles ; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes) ; unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

お子(こ)

x11 | Rank #13,321

(another's) child

さらう

x1 | Rank #5,175

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

くる

x5 | 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 ...")

ように

x5 | 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

命(めい)じる

x2 | Rank #3,775

to order; to command ; to appoint

おふく

x3 | Rank #59,924

Ofuku

命(いのち)

x2 | Rank #427

life; life force ; lifetime; lifespan ; most important thing; foundation; core ; paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) ; fate; destiny; karma

守(まも)る

x2 | Rank #379

to protect; to guard; to defend ; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

ため

x3 | Rank #193

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

欅(けやき)

x1 | Rank #61,229

Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

御(ご)殿(てん)

x1 | Rank #32,127

palace; court

向(む)かう

x1 | Rank #569

to face ; to go towards; to head towards

ご案(あん)内(ない)

x1 | Rank #6,918

guidance; leading (the way); showing around ; information; notice; notification ; announcement (of one's arrival) ; invitation ; acquaintance; knowledge

いたす

x3 | Rank #878

to do

お通(とお)し

x1 | Rank #33,476

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

くださる

x12 | Rank #125

to give; to confer; to bestow ; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

殿(どの)

x39 | Rank #609

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

面(つら)

x1 | Rank #1,736

face; mug ; surface ; cheek meat ; cheek; cheeks ; surrounding area

上(あ)げる

x1 | Rank #846

to raise; to elevate ; to do up (one's hair) ; to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.) ; to land (a boat) ; to deep-fry ; to show someone (into a room) ; to give ; to send someone (away) ; to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll ; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve

ござる

x9 | Rank #484

to be

も

x45 | 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

変(か)わり

x1 | Rank #4,104

change; alteration ; difference; distinction ; something wrong; abnormality; unusual event; accident; incident

ない

x5 | Rank #35

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

にて

x2 | Rank #1,806

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; and then; so

何(なに)より

x2 | Rank #2,768

above anything else; above all; more than anything ; best; greatest; excellent; wonderful; most important

存(ぞん)じる

x3 | Rank #5,123

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with) ; to think; to consider; to believe; to feel

堅(かた)苦(くる)しい

x2 | Rank #16,362

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

挨(あい)拶(さつ)

x2 | Rank #1,752

greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone ; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address ; reply; response ; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.) ; revenge; retaliation ; a fine thing to say ; dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ; relationship (between people); connection ; intervention; mediation; mediator

このぐらい

x2 | Rank #17,623

this much; this amount

する

x14 | 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

はい

x19 | 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

母(はは)

x4 | Rank #680

mother

上(うえ)

x6 | Rank #176

above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...

お変(か)わりありませんか

x1 | Rank #79,431

how have you been?; nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?

いささか

x1 | Rank #7,229

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

年(とし)取(と)る

x1 | Rank #46,147

to grow old; to age

元(げん)気(き)

x2 | Rank #551

lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited ; healthy; well; fit; in good health