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

お話(はなし)

x2 | Rank #1,230

story; tale ; talk; discussion

は

x62 | Rank #2

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

普(ふ)通(つう)

x2 | Rank #434

normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average ; normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; local train; train that stops at every station

中(ちゅう)学(がく)

x3 | Rank #2,442

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

１(いち)年(ねん)生(せい)

x3 | Rank #5,566

first-year student; first-year pupil ; beginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year ; annual ; annual plant

でも

x8 | Rank #39

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

くま

x30 | Rank #5,546

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

出(で)会(あ)う

x2 | Rank #1,130

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon ; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ; to emerge and engage (an enemy)

を

x47 | 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.

きっかけ

x2 | Rank #2,666

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion

に

x99 | 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

正(せい)義(ぎ)

x12 | Rank #1,894

justice; right; righteousness ; correct meaning; correct explanation

怪(かい)盗(とう)

x7 | Rank #3,777

mysterious thief; phantom thief

なる

x20 | 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

そんな

x7 | Rank #64

such; that sort of; that kind of; like that ; no way!; never!

時(とき)

x3 | Rank #110

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

取(と)り締(し)まる

x6 | Rank #23,195

to manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command ; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce; to regulate

逆(ぎゃく)

x39 | Rank #1,020

reverse; opposite ; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) ; inverse (function)

警(けい)察(さつ)

x11 | Rank #590

police ; police officer ; police station ; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody; vigilante; gatekeeper

が

x54 | 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

現(あらわ)れる

x1 | Rank #884

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise ; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

逮(たい)捕(ほ)

x9 | Rank #2,254

arrest; apprehension; capture

だ

x33 | Rank #8

be; is

てる

x12 | Rank #5,145

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

逆(ぎゃく)に

x3 | Rank #3,981

conversely; on the contrary

こと

x18 | 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 ...

する

x31 | 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

その

x12 | Rank #28

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

生(う)まれる

x3 | Rank #865

to be born

見(み)事(ごと)

x2 | Rank #1,841

splendid; magnificent; excellent; fine; superb; beautiful; admirable ; utter (esp. defeat); total; complete ; something worth seeing; sight; spectacle

活(かつ)躍(やく)

x2 | Rank #3,177

activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation ; walking about with great vigor

で

x19 | Rank #10

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

こう

x2 | Rank #209

in this way; like this; so; thus ; this (much); so ; uh; er; mm; well

と

x20 | Rank #6

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

広(ひろ)まる

x2 | Rank #8,354

to spread; to be propagated

私(わたし)

x31 | Rank #22

I; me

親(しん)友(ゆう)

x2 | Rank #2,335

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

のに

x3 | Rank #106

although; despite; even though; and yet ; whereas; while ; if only; I wish ; in order to

自(じ)分(ぶん)

x2 | Rank #89

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

言(い)う

x9 | Rank #50

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

て

x10 | Rank #21

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 ...

って

x17 | Rank #15

しようがない

x1 | Rank #9,229

there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)

しかし

x2 | Rank #162

however; but

だめ

x1 | 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!

だけ

x5 | Rank #45

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

正(しょう)体(たい)

x14 | Rank #1,467

true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin ; consciousness; one's senses

誰(だれ)にも

x2 | Rank #5,587

to anyone; to everyone ; by anyone; by everyone ; in everyone; in anyone

ては

x2 | Rank #2,176

if (an action, etc.) ; since ...; if you are going to ... ; one after another; indicates repeated action ; adds emphasis

いく

x6 | Rank #163

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 ...

えっ

x35 | Rank #75

huh?; what's up?

たら

x3 | Rank #5,886

if; when; after ; when it comes to ...; as for ...; that ... ; why don't you ...; why not ...; how about ...; what about ... ; I tell you!; I said ...; I really mean ... ; vocative particle

君(きみ)

x7 | Rank #147

you; buddy; pal ; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master ; he; she

身(み)

x2 | Rank #497

one's body; one's person ; oneself; one's appearance ; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position ; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)

恐(おそ)ろしい

x6 | Rank #1,691

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening ; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

起(お)きる

x7 | Rank #579

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire) ; to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake ; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

決(き)める

x2 | Rank #467

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix ; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) ; to persist in doing; to go through with ; to always do; to have made a habit of ; to take for granted; to assume ; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines ; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing ; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) ; to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

第(だい)１(いち)

x3 | Rank #1,918

first; foremost; number one ; most important ; best; greatest; most ; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with

号(ごう)

x3 | Rank #899

number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group ; sobriquet; pen-name ; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.) ; suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

よ

x36 | Rank #11

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

徹(てっ)底(てい)

x2 | Rank #8,189

thoroughness; completeness; consistency ; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

調(ちょう)査(さ)

x2 | Rank #1,767

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

ぞ

x6 | Rank #59

adds force or indicates command

え

x4 | Rank #91

eh?; what?; oh? ; yes; that's correct ; strengthens a question, assertion, etc. ; hey

果(は)たして

x1 | Rank #2,892

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough ; really; actually; ever

どう

x3 | Rank #71

how; in what way; how about

ん

x14 | Rank #23

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

この

x12 | Rank #27

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

あたり

x1 | Rank #1,667

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings ; around; about; or thereabouts ; for instance; say; such as

か

x15 | 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

な

x29 | 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?

伝(でん)説(せつ)

x1 | Rank #1,641

legend; folklore; tradition

ある

x3 | Rank #36

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about

おもしろい

x2 | Rank #2,239

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling ; amusing; funny; comical ; enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable ; good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging

よね

x8 | Rank #126

isn't that right?

いろんな

x2 | Rank #1,464

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

ことができる

x1 | Rank #1,265

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

ち

x47 | Rank #621

blood ; blood; ancestry; lineage; stock ; (the) blood; feelings; passions

やっぱ

x3 | Rank #720

too; also; likewise; either ; still; as before ; even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ; as expected

だって

x5 | Rank #114

after all; because ; but ; even ; too; as well; also ; they say; I hear; you mean

それだけ

x1 | Rank #471

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

めっ

x2 | Rank #3,799

no!; don't!; tsk!

何(なに)

x9 | 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)

それは

x1 | Rank #403

very; extremely ; that is

こんな

x3 | Rank #102

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

感(かん)

x1 | Rank #2,020

feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression ; interjection

じっち

x1 | Rank #116,949

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice ; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot