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Vocabulary for NHK Special - Episode 1
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私(わたし)たち
x2 | Rank #307
we; us
が
x146 | 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
暮(く)らす
x1 | Rank #1,188
to live; to get along ; to spend (time)
日本(にほん)
x10 | Rank #526
Japan
という
x9 | Rank #66
called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...
国(くに)
x19 | Rank #470
country; state ; region ; national government; central government ; home (i.e. hometown, home country) ; province (of Japan) ; land; earth
その
x27 | Rank #28
that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...
始(はじ)まり
x1 | Rank #2,656
origin; beginning; start
には
x6 | Rank #38
to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)
大(おお)いなる
x1 | Rank #7,623
big; large; great
謎(なぞ)
x15 | Rank #1,364
riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery ; enigmatic; mysterious
ある
x6 | Rank #36
to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about
今(いま)
x4 | Rank #63
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately ; another; more
古(こ)代(だい)史(し)
x2 | Rank #69,457
ancient history
の
x277 | 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
ミステリー
x5 | Rank #10,187
mystery
に
x122 | 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
迫(せま)る
x9 | Rank #2,191
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent ; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
新(しん)発(はっ)見(けん)
x1 | Rank #44,161
new discovery; new invention
相(あい)次(つ)ぐ
x1 | Rank #18,579
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
この
x20 | Rank #27
this ; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this ; you (as in "you liar")
黎(れい)明(めい)期(き)
x1 | Rank #63,931
dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
君(くん)臨(りん)
x1 | Rank #11,878
reigning (over a country) ; dominating; controlling; dictating
邪馬台国
x15 | Rank #71,661
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
女(じょ)王(おう)
x11 | Rank #2,381
queen ; female champion
まこと
x1 | Rank #3,266
truth; reality; fact ; sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith ; indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite
か
x25 | 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
そして
x3 | Rank #117
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
絶(ぜつ)大(だい)
x2 | Rank #11,714
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
権(けん)力(りょく)
x2 | Rank #5,124
(political) power; authority; influence
を
x159 | 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.
誇(ほこ)る
x3 | Rank #4,041
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
彼(かれ)ら
x1 | Rank #565
they; them
は
x109 | Rank #2
indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis
いかにして
x1 | Rank #30,927
how; in what way
まとめ上(あ)げる
x2 | Rank #33,086
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
考(こう)古(こ)学(がく)
x2 | Rank #32,694
archaeology; archeology
や
x10 | Rank #72
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?
科(か)学(がく)的(てき)
x1 | Rank #16,182
scientific
調(ちょう)査(さ)
x3 | Rank #1,797
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
から
x32 | 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
起(き)源(げん)
x1 | Rank #21,807
origin; beginning; source; rise
シリーズ
x1 | Rank #4,493
series
最(さい)新(しん)研(けん)究(きゅう)
x3 | Rank #126,497
the newest research
知(し)る
x4 | Rank #120
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
歴(れき)史(し)
x6 | Rank #1,715
history
真(しん)相(そう)
x2 | Rank #3,955
truth; real situation
明(あき)らか
x2 | Rank #1,557
clear; obvious; evident; plain; definite ; bright; light
なる
x7 | Rank #43
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
と
x80 | Rank #6
if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question
する
x14 | Rank #19
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
地(ち)中(ちゅう)
x2 | Rank #13,541
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
現(あらわ)れる
x3 | Rank #856
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)
傷(きず)つく
x1 | Rank #2,303
to be wounded; to get injured ; to get hurt feelings ; to get damaged; to get chipped; to get scratched
人(じん)骨(こつ)
x6 | Rank #41,395
human bones
古(こ)代(だい)
x6 | Rank #4,612
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
で
x40 | Rank #11
at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know
激(はげ)しい
x2 | Rank #1,549
violent; furious; tempestuous ; extreme; intense; fierce; strong ; fervent; vehement ; incessant; relentless ; precipitous; steep
争(あらそ)い
x12 | Rank #3,779
fight; dispute; feud; conflict; struggle; strife; discord; argument; quarrel; controversy ; competition; contest; rivalry
起(お)きる
x4 | Rank #551
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
放(はな)つ
x2 | Rank #1,596
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind ; to set free; to release; to let loose ; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent) ; to send out (a person to carry out a duty) ; to set fire to
として
x7 | Rank #148
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...
終(お)わる
x1 | Rank #328
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over ; to finish; to complete; to conclude ; to finish doing ; to be past its (one's) prime ; to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless
使(し)命(めい)
x2 | Rank #3,746
mission; errand ; task; duty; obligation
背(せ)負(お)う
x1 | Rank #2,389
to carry on one's back ; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for ; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) ; to be conceited; to think highly of oneself
蹴(け)散(ち)らす
x3 | Rank #11,519
to kick about; to kick around ; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
一(いち)同(どう)
x5 | Rank #1,228
all present; all concerned; all of us
お
x4 | Rank #641
cord; strap; thong ; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
立(た)ちはだかる
x1 | Rank #10,136
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way ; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
最(さい)強(きょう)
x1 | Rank #1,363
strongest
宿(しゅく)敵(てき)
x3 | Rank #15,004
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
危(き)機(き)
x3 | Rank #3,012
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
立(た)たす
x1 | Rank #14,790
to help a person stand; to get someone to their feet; to raise; to rouse
切(き)り札(ふだ)
x1 | Rank #5,634
trump; trump card ; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
東(ひがし)アジア
x4 | Rank #59,606
East Asia
舞(ぶ)台(たい)
x2 | Rank #2,066
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
今(こん)回(かい)
x2 | Rank #393
this time; now
専(せん)門(もん)家(か)
x2 | Rank #6,901
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
監(かん)修(しゅう)
x1 | Rank #18,981
(editorial) supervision; general editorship ; supervising director
もと
x1 | Rank #1,994
origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees
激(げき)動(どう)
x1 | Rank #27,271
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
時(じ)代(だい)
x10 | Rank #955
period; epoch; era; age ; the times; those days ; oldness; ancientness; antiquity ; antique; period piece
駆(か)け抜(ぬ)ける
x1 | Rank #7,986
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city) ; to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
闘(たたか)い
x2 | Rank #8,249
battle; war; fight; conflict ; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) ; contest; competition; match; game
一(いっ)体(たい)
x4 | Rank #419
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth ; one object; one body; unity ; one form; one style ; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) ; generally; in general
どう
x8 | Rank #68
how; in what way; how about
なさる
x2 | Rank #243
to do
おつもり
x2 | Rank #6,763
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
じゃ
x5 | Rank #46
then; well; so; well then
迫(せま)りくる
x1 | Rank #27,399
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
死(し)期(き)
x1 | Rank #30,092
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
下(くだ)す
x1 | Rank #4,323
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion ; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order ; to let go down; to lower ; to do oneself; to do by oneself ; to beat; to defeat ; to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea ; to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body ; to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping
決(けつ)断(だん)
x1 | Rank #3,763
decision; determination
大(おお)きい
x2 | Rank #502
big; large; great ; loud ; extensive; spacious ; important; decisive; valuable ; older; grown up
ロマン
x1 | Rank #10,586
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale ; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; great undertaking; epic adventure ; (full-length) novel ; romance; love affair ; romanticism
満(み)ちる
x2 | Rank #3,382
to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with) ; to wax (of the moon) ; to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in ; to expire (of a period of time); to mature; to come to an end
ルーツ
x5 | Rank #21,787
roots; origin
ひもとく
x1 | Rank #54,892
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read ; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
壮(そう)大(だい)
x2 | Rank #13,431
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
物(もの)語(がたり)
x2 | Rank #1,469
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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