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x1 | Rank #5,940

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes) ; fox (i.e. a sly person) ; soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ; light brown; golden brown

の

x428 | 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

子(こ)

x5 | Rank #221

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg

ぴょん

x1 | Rank #12,450

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed ; boing ; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

と

x94 | Rank #6

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

跳(は)ね起(お)きる

x1 | Rank #36,012

to jump up; to spring up

みせる

x1 | Rank #1,198

to show; to display ; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ... ; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining ; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised ; to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor ; to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others ; to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

こん

x2 | Rank #9,703

with a bump; with a clunk ; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl

鳴(な)く

x2 | Rank #6,202

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp ; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

何(なに)か

x10 | Rank #103

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

来(く)る

x6 | Rank #90

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 ...")

師(し)匠(しょう)

x1 | Rank #1,339

master; teacher ; stable master

様(さま)

x120 | Rank #93

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

羅城門

x1 | Rank #140,154

Rajōmon (gate in old Kyōto)

ほう

x4 | Rank #458

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

より

x3 | Rank #152

than ; rather than; instead of; over; above ; from; out of; since; at; on (and after) ; except; but; other than ; more

もの

x23 | 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

ども

x3 | Rank #902

but; however ; even though; even if

が

x194 | 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

参(まい)る

x6 | Rank #1,848

to go; to come; to call ; to be defeated; to collapse; to die ; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed ; to be madly in love ; to visit (shrine, grave)

妙(みょう)

x2 | Rank #1,209

strange; weird; odd; curious ; wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence ; cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill

事(こと)

x51 | 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 ...

を

x241 | 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.

言(い)う

x15 | Rank #50

to say; to utter; to declare ; to name; to call ; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

な

x61 | 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?

何(なに)

x26 | Rank #31

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)

も

x89 | 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

は

x275 | Rank #2

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

ないか

x10 | Rank #892

won't; hasn't; isn't; doesn't ; won't you

控(ひか)える

x1 | Rank #3,683

to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ... ; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number) ; to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for ; to be soon; to be in the offing ; to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

小童(こわっぱ)

x1 | Rank #37,447

boy; child; youth; brat

め

x3 | Rank #587

eye; eyeball ; eyesight; sight; vision ; look; stare; gaze; glance ; notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) ; an experience ; viewpoint ; discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality) ; (an) appearance ; chance (of success); possibility (of a good result) ; spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave

騒(さわ)ぐ

x3 | Rank #2,229

to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy ; to rustle; to swoosh ; to make merry ; to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss ; to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered ; to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited

でない

x2 | Rank #1,877

is not; am not; are not

天(てん)

x8 | Rank #1,372

sky ; heaven ; God ; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ; deva (divine being of Buddhism) ; top (of a book) ; sole (of a Japanese sandal) ; beginning; start ; tempura ; India

蓬(よもぎ)

x1 | Rank #40,360

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps) ; mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

天内

x1 | Rank #116,949

Amauchi ; Amachi ; Amanai ; Ten'uchi

輔(すけじろう)

x1 | Rank #37,394

Sukejirō ; Sukehiro ; Sukemune ; Sukeyuki ; Housuke ; Raisuke

禽(とり)

x1 | Rank #91,169

bird ; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

天(てん)心(しん)

x1 | Rank #133,189

zenith ; divine will; providence

天(てん)柱(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #102,636

pillars supporting heaven

任(にん)

x1 | Rank #9,986

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

英(えい)

x1 | Rank #4,744

United Kingdom; Britain ; English (language)

たいまつ

x1 | Rank #40,975

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

消(け)す

x2 | Rank #1,199

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete ; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off ; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out ; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison) ; to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle ; to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

なさる

x5 | Rank #252

to do

誰(だれ)も

x1 | Rank #482

everyone; anyone ; no one; nobody

口(くち)

x3 | Rank #279

mouth ; opening; hole; gap; orifice ; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece ; gate; door; entrance; exit ; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) ; taste; palate ; mouth (to feed) ; opening (i.e. vacancy); available position ; invitation; summons ; kind; sort; type

利(き)く

x2 | Rank #3,495

to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for) ; to work; to function well ; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to ; to taste (alcohol); to try

なる

x17 | 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

ぞ

x47 | Rank #59

adds force or indicates command

におう

x3 | Rank #15,052

to be fragrant; to smell (good) ; to stink; to smell (bad) ; to glow; to be bright ; to smack of; to show hints of

人(ひと)

x19 | 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

においがする

x2 | Rank #16,080

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

うまい

x2 | Rank #470

skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate ; delicious; tasty; good; nice ; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid

におい

x1 | Rank #2,230

smell; scent; odour; odor; stench ; aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood ; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

じゃ

x18 | Rank #47

then; well; so; well then

捕(つか)まえる

x1 | 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

やる

x3 | Rank #66

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

見(み)える

x6 | Rank #283

to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight ; to look; to seem; to appear ; to come

どこ

x7 | Rank #141

where; what place ; how much (long, far); what extent

に

x236 | 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

おる

x8 | Rank #370

to be (animate); to be; to exist ; to be ...-ing ; to (have the audacity to) do

どうしたの

x1 | Rank #595

what's the matter?; what's wrong? ; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

ですか

x11 | Rank #87

indicates question

なんで

x1 | Rank #142

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

ぐずぐず

x2 | Rank #13,232

slowly; tardily; dawdling; lingering; hesitantly ; complaining; grumbling ; unsettled (e.g. weather) ; loose; slackened

する

x23 | 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

疾(はや)い

x1 | Rank #37,604

fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt ; early; soon; earlier than usual ; premature; too soon; too early ; easy; simple; quick; fast ; as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ...

歩(あゆ)む

x1 | Rank #5,125

to walk; to go on foot ; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience ; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.); to embark (on the road to ...)

お前(まえ)たち

x1 | Rank #1,095

you (plural)

ああ

x35 | Rank #53

ah!; oh!; alas! ; yes; indeed; that is correct ; aah; gah; argh ; hey!; yo! ; uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

肝(かん)心(じん)

x1 | Rank #4,160

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

首(くび)

x30 | Rank #578

neck ; head ; dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking

いずれ

x3 | Rank #1,849

which; where; who ; all; both ; anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case ; sooner or later; one of these days; someday; before long; in due course; eventually

必(かなら)ず

x2 | Rank #562

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably

我(われ)らが

x5 | Rank #4,839

our

望(のぞ)み

x1 | Rank #2,718

wish; desire; hope ; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

なんとしても

x1 | Rank #9,119

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

ウー

x8 | Rank #299

five

つ

x6 | Rank #1,899

indicates two contrasting actions ; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

狗(いぬ)

x1 | Rank #21,044

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) ; squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy ; loser; asshole ; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

だ

x77 | Rank #8

be; is

禍事

x1 | Rank #100,251

ominous word; ill-omened word ; misfortune

前(まえ)触(ぶ)れ

x1 | Rank #18,057

advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement ; herald; harbinger; forerunner; portent; sign; omen

か

x82 | 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

朱(しゅ)雀(じゃく)

x1 | Rank #15,672

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens) ; seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

玄(げん)武(ぶ)

x1 | Rank #23,924

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ; seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

白(びゃっ)虎(こ)

x1 | Rank #19,628

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens) ; seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

陳(ちん)

x1 | Rank #17,187

Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en ; Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

帝(みかど)

x2 | Rank #2,635

emperor (of Japan); mikado ; (the gates of an) imperial residence

正(せい)

x1 | Rank #4,446

(logical) true; regular ; 10^40; ten duodecillion ; original ; positive; greater than zero ; thesis (in dialectics)

三(さん)

x4 | Rank #323

three; 3

台(だい)

x1 | Rank #2,301

stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack ; setting (of a gem); mounting ; stock (in grafting) ; counter for machines and vehicles ; level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life) ; tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform ; plateau; heights

玉女

x1 | Rank #152,270

Tamame

青(せい)龍(りょう)

x1 | Rank #27,034

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology) ; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

急(きゅう)

x10 | Rank #873

sudden; abrupt; unexpected ; urgent; pressing ; steep; sharp; precipitous ; rapid; swift; fast ; emergency; crisis; danger ; urgency; hurrying; haste ; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

令(れい)

x5 | Rank #6,204

command; order; dictation ; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

フッ

x1 | Rank #328

hah (derisively); pooh ; pfft (of something disappearing); poof ; huff; puff

待(ま)ちかね

x1 | Rank #47,708

long-awaited; long-waited-for ; waiting impatiently

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