Ichiban Densha ga Hashitta - Vocabulary

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west

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Tenmachō ; Tenmanchō ; Tenmanmachi

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interval; period of time ; among; between; inter- ; good opportunity; chance ; estrangement; discord; alienation ; spy; secret agent

間(ま)もなく

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soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while ; having no time to ...; with no time to ...

運(うん)転(てん)

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operation (of a machine); running; working ; driving (a vehicle) ; use (of capital, funds, etc.); management; investment

を

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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.

再(さい)開(かい)

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reopening; resumption; restarting

今日(きょう)

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today; this day ; these days; recently; nowadays

は

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

乗(じょう)車(しゃ)賃(ちん)

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railway fare

頂(いただ)く

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy ; to eat; to drink ; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) ; to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president) ; to get someone to do something

どうぞ

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please; kindly; pray; I beg (of you) ; by all means; certainly; of course; (go) ahead; (feel) free (to); (you are) welcome (to); please (help yourself to) ; here you are ; to give

の

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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

僅(わず)か

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a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin) ; only; just; merely; no more than

３(みっ)日(か)

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3rd day of the month ; three days

後(あと)

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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

焼(や)け野(の)原(はら)

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burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire

広(ひろ)島(しま)

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Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

路(ろ)面(めん)電(でん)車(しゃ)

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tram; streetcar; trolley; tramcar

が

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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

走(はし)る

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to run ; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail ; to rush (to); to dash; to race ; to retreat; to flee; to defect (to) ; to run away; to abscond; to elope ; to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.) ; to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in ; to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie

１０代

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the teens (10-19); teenage ; the tenth generation

少(しょう)女(じょ)

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

だった

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was; were

出(しゅっ)発(ぱつ)

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departure; leaving; setting off

進(しん)行(こう)

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moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement ; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; making headway ; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.) ; progression (e.g. chord progression)

復(ふっ)興(こう)

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

第(だい)一(いっ)歩(ぽ)

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first step

となる

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to become; to be

その

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

電(でん)車(しゃ)

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train; electric train

人(ひと)々(びと)

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people; men and women ; each person; everybody

一(いち)番(ばん)

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number one; first; first place ; best; most ; game; round; bout ; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ; song (e.g. in noh); piece

と

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

呼(よ)ぶ

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to call out (to); to call; to invoke ; to summon (a doctor, etc.) ; to invite ; to designate; to name; to brand ; to garner (support, etc.); to gather ; to take as one's wife

昭(しょう)和(わ)

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

年(とし)

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

家(か)政(せい)

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household economy; housekeeping; homemaking

女(じょ)学(がっ)校(こう)

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girls' school

つくる

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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.)

入(にゅう)学(がく)

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admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation

広島市

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Hiroshima (city)

郊(こう)外(がい)

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suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

や

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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?

島(しま)根(ね)県(けん)

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Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

農(のう)村(そん)

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agricultural community; farm village ; rural

から

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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

やる

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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

来(く)る

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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 ...")

くる

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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 ...")

たち

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

戦(せん)地(ち)

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front (in battle)

に

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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

向(む)かう

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to face ; to go towards; to head towards

男(だん)性(せい)

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man; male ; masculine gender

代(か)わる

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to succeed; to relieve; to replace ; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) ; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

車(しゃ)掌(しょう)

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(train) conductor

として

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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...

乗(じょう)務(む)

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doing transport-related work

就(つ)く

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ; to ascend (the throne); to accede ; to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ; to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice

も

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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

任(まか)す

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to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

ように

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like; as ; so that; in order that; so as to; in order to ; be sure to ; I hope (that); I pray (that); may

なる

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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

すむ

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to finish; to end; to be completed ; to merely result in something less severe than expected ; to feel at ease ; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

車(しゃ)内(ない)

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inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

大(たい)変(へん)

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very; greatly; terribly; awfully ; immense; enormous; great ; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible ; difficult; hard; challenging ; major incident; disaster

混(こ)み合(あ)う

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

できるだけ

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

中(うち)

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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

詰(つ)める

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to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up ; to shorten; to move closer together ; to reduce (spending); to conserve ; to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do ; to go through thoroughly; to work out (details); to bring to a conclusion; to wind up ; to be on duty; to be stationed ; to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate ; to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) ; to do non-stop; to do continuously; to keep doing (without a break) ; to do completely; to do thoroughly

下(くだ)さる

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

おはようございます

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good morning

ありがとうございます

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thank you

おい

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

なんで

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why?; what for? ; how?; by what means?

謝(あやま)る

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to apologize; to apologise ; to refuse; to decline ; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by); to be at a loss

じゃ

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then; well; so; well then

お前(まえ)

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

ぶつかる

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to bump into; to run into; to collide with; to hit; to strike ; to encounter; to meet with; to come upon; to face; to run up against; to be confronted with ; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict; to be at odds (with) ; to clash (of events); to fall (on); to occur at the same time (as) ; to tackle head-on (a difficulty); to confront boldly

ん

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

じゃろ

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

じゃろう

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

何(なに)も

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing ; and everything else; and all ; (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent

そん

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loss; damage; harm; unprofitable ; disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable

けんか腰(ごし)

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belligerent

でも

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but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

あ

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ah; oh ; hey!

ほか

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another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside ; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al. ; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside ; except; but; other than; apart from ; besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

他(ほか)

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another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside ; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al. ; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside ; except; but; other than; apart from ; besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

外(ほか)

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another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside ; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al. ; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside ; except; but; other than; apart from ; besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

朝(あさ)

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morning ; breakfast

けんか

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quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

売(う)る

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to sell ; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.) ; to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself ; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.); to provoke; to force on someone

お客(きゃく)さん

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guest; visitor ; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

迷(めい)惑(わく)

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trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance; inconvenience ; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

やむ

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to fall ill ; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

たら

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palmyra ; lusterleaf holly ; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)

で

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

何(なに)

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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)