Jiten beta

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.

舞(ぶ)台(たい)

x3 | 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

に

x91 | 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

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

日(ひ)

x2 | Rank #246

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

見(み)る

x7 | Rank #88

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) ...

僕(ぼく)達(たち)

x1 | Rank #3,527

まだ

x6 | Rank #104

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

知(し)る

x7 | 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

幼(おさな)い頃(ころ)

x2 | Rank #6,301

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

の

x177 | 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

事(じ)故(こ)

x1 | Rank #1,345

accident; incident; trouble ; circumstances; reasons

で

x66 | Rank #10

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

亡(な)くなる

x2 | Rank #1,496

to die; to pass away

少(しょう)女(じょ)

x2 | Rank #608

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady ; female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

めんま

x2 | Rank #18,246

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

と

x26 | Rank #6

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

幼(おさな)なじみ

x1 | Rank #4,690

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

高(こう)校(こう)生(せい)

x1 | Rank #2,594

senior high school student

たち

x3 | Rank #124

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

が

x85 | 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

紡(つむ)ぐ

x1 | Rank #9,194

to spin; to make yarn ; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

一(いち)夏(げ)

x1 | Rank #21,806

one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)

奇(き)跡(せき)

x1 | Rank #2,128

miracle; wonder; marvel

描(えが)く

x3 | 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.)

アニメーション

x1 | Rank #30,698

animation; animated film; animated cartoon

作(さく)品(ひん)

x4 | Rank #1,029

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

見(み)

x2 | Rank #8,917

looking; viewing ; (please) try (to)

つける

x1 | Rank #363

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

見(み)つかる

x2 | Rank #813

to be found; to be discovered

た

x2 | Rank #148

did; (have) done ; (please) do

何(なん)だ

x1 | Rank #1,000

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

これ

x17 | Rank #33

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

ない

x20 | Rank #35

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

ならば

x1 | Rank #751

if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that ; as for; on the topic of ; if that's the case; if so; that being the case ; if possible; if circumstances allow

その

x1 | Rank #28

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

脚(きゃく)本(ほん)

x3 | Rank #8,014

script; screenplay; scenario

担(たん)当(とう)

x1 | Rank #1,428

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

この

x15 | Rank #27

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

坂田

x15 | Rank #23,035

Sakaguchi ; Sakata ; Sakada ; Sataka

安喜子

x4 | Rank #192,065

Akiko

さん

x12 | Rank #20

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

事(こと)

x42 | 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 ...

など

x1 | Rank #197

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth ; or something ; the likes of ; for example; for instance; for one

全(まった)く

x3 | Rank #879

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly ; indeed ; good grief

完(かん)全(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #639

perfect; complete

も

x52 | 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

でしょう

x2 | Rank #155

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

には

x9 | Rank #37

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

以(い)外(がい)

x3 | Rank #538

excluding; except (for); apart from; other than; besides; in addition to ; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

にも

x7 | Rank #187

also; too; not ... either; as well; even ; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

共(きょう)通(つう)点(てん)

x1 | Rank #11,783

point in common; common feature

ござる

x1 | Rank #484

to be

主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)

x3 | Rank #2,855

protagonist; main character; hero; heroine ; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

宿(やど)

x1 | Rank #3,112

lodging; inn; hotel ; house; home; dwelling ; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

海(うみ)

x1 | Rank #523

sea; ocean; waters

仁太

x1 | Rank #101,817

Nita

ひきこもり

x1 | Rank #32,166

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; person who has withdrawn from society ; social withdrawal; shunning other people

登(とう)校(こう)拒(きょ)否(ひ)児(じ)

x12 | Rank #127,466

truant child; child who refuses to attend school

お前(まえ)

x10 | Rank #65

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

学(がっ)校(こう)

x19 | Rank #396

school

行(い)く

x16 | Rank #83

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

んだ

x31 | Rank #16

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

ってな

x1 | Rank #2,884

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

もう

x21 | Rank #48

already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer ; soon; shortly; before long; presently ; further; more; again; another; the other ; jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; damn; seriously

二(に)度(ど)と

x1 | Rank #2,982

never again

しゃべる

x1 | Rank #1,613

to talk; to chat; to chatter

だめ

x6 | Rank #693

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken ; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless ; cannot; must not; not allowed ; neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game ; no!; stop!

成瀬

x2 | Rank #12,215

Narise ; Naruse

順(じゅん)

x1 | Rank #7,124

order; turn; sorting ; obedient; docile; submissive; meek

トラウマ

x1 | Rank #9,167

trauma (usu. psychological)

により

x1 | Rank #1,682

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

自(じ)分(ぶん)

x12 | Rank #89

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself ; I; me ; you

思(おも)う

x6 | Rank #73

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

言(こと)葉(ば)

x11 | Rank #192

language; dialect ; word; phrase; expression; term ; speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language ; words; remark; statement; comment ; learning to speak; language acquisition

できる

x10 | Rank #100

to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) ; to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable ; to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.) ; to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up ; to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready ; to grow (of a crop); to be produced ; to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character ; to be by nature; to be born ... ; to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone) ; to get pregnant

作(さく)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #6,214

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist

である

x2 | Rank #229

be; is

自(じ)身(しん)

x1 | Rank #977

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

出(しゅっ)身(しん)

x2 | Rank #3,882

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)