Jiten beta

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

色(いろ)

| x83 | Rank #917

colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade ; complexion; skin colour; skin color ; look (on one's face); expression ; appearance; air; feeling ; personality; character ; tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring ; love; lust; sensuality; love affair ; lover; paramour ; beauty; sexiness; physical appeal ; kind; type; variety

為(な)す

| x15 | Rank #15,102

to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about

黒(くろ)

| x28 | Rank #1,992

black ; black stone ; guilt; guilty person

の

| x25412 | 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

翼(つばさ)

| x18 | Rank #3,910

wing ; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ; counter for birds or bird wings

だった

| x1008 | Rank #30

was; were

港(みなと)町(まち)

| x11 | Rank #20,888

port city; harbor city; harbour city

目(め)抜(ぬ)き通(どお)り

| x1 | Rank #55,866

principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare

街(がい)灯(とう)

| x1 | Rank #14,770

street light; streetlamp

りと

| x21 | Rank #6,247

Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)

人(ひと)並(な)み

| x10 | Rank #11,755

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

に

| x2266 | Rank #645

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods ; burden; responsibility

ふやける

| x8 | Rank #23,323

to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become sodden; to macerate ; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack

宵(よい)闇(やみ)

| x6 | Rank #37,838

dusk; twilight

など

| x557 | Rank #315

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

より

| x402 | Rank #125

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

もっと

| x161 | Rank #167

(some) more; even more; longer; further

鮮(せん)烈(れつ)

| x5 | Rank #18,177

vivid; striking

ずっと

| x91 | Rank #181

continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout ; much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal ; far (away); long (ago, before, after) ; straight; directly

艶(あで)やか

| x12 | Rank #14,735

glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling; bewitching

を

| x12154 | Rank #2

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.

優(ゆう)雅(が)

| x17 | Rank #6,035

elegant; graceful; refined ; leisurely; comfortable; easy; carefree

展(てん)開(かい)

| x6 | Rank #1,754

development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist ; expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up ; expansion (of an algebraic expression) ; development (of a three-dimensional shape) ; extraction (of compressed data); decompression; unpacking ; sharing (information)

気(き)流(りゅう)

| x7 | Rank #27,376

atmospheric current; air current; airflow

に

| x13095 | 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

乗(の)る

| x24 | Rank #358

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark ; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ; to reach; to go over; to pass ; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.) ; to take part; to participate; to join ; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.) ; to be deceived; to be taken in ; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered ; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

水(みず)鳥(とり)

| x7 | Rank #43,078

waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

ように

| x610 | Rank #86

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

あるいは

| x84 | Rank #2,101

or; either ... or ; maybe; perhaps; possibly ; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

水(すい)面(めん)

| x18 | Rank #6,917

water's surface

切(き)り裂(さ)く

| x5 | Rank #6,754

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

気(き)圏(けん)

| x4 | Rank #119,683

atmosphere

飛(ひ)翔(しょう)

| x13 | Rank #17,950

flight; flying; soaring

する

| x110 | Rank #13

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

飛(と)び魚(うお)

| x3 | Rank #113,092

flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

宵(よい)

| x3 | Rank #31,754

evening; early night hours

迎(むか)える

| x13 | Rank #856

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail ; to call for; to summon; to invite ; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) ; to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

海(かい)中(ちゅう)

| x14 | Rank #17,918

in the sea

珊(さん)瑚(ご)

| x1 | Rank #39,399

coral

触(ふれ)

| x1 | Rank #28,562

proclamation; official notice ; touch; contact

糸(いと)

| x21 | Rank #2,933

thread; yarn; string

賑(にぎ)わう

| x2 | Rank #14,131

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with ; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

始(はじ)める

| x53 | Rank #325

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate ; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish ; to start ...; to begin to ...

頃(ころ)合(あ)い

| x15 | Rank #8,916

suitable time; good time ; propriety; moderation

だ

| x2024 | Rank #8

be; is

一(いち)夜(や)

| x18 | Rank #6,571

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

歓(かん)楽(らく)

| x2 | Rank #64,901

pleasure; fun; enjoyment

求(もと)める

| x43 | Rank #802

to want; to wish for ; to request; to demand; to require; to ask for ; to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution) ; to purchase; to buy

繰(く)り出(だ)す

| x8 | Rank #6,945

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope) ; to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to flock; to sally forth ; to send out one after another; to dispatch ; to lunge (a spear); to unleash (a punch)

者(もの)

| x233 | Rank #419

person

達(たち)

| x808 | Rank #2,087

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

一(いち)

| x546 | Rank #166

one; 1 ; best ; first; foremost ; beginning; start ; a (single); one (of many) ; ace ; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日(ひ)

| x79 | Rank #207

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

生(せい)計(けい)

| x2 | Rank #25,255

livelihood; living

から

| x2729 | Rank #11

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

解(かい)放(ほう)

| x17 | Rank #1,766

release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free ; deallocation (of computer memory)

て

| x1938 | Rank #17

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 ...

家(いえ)路(じ)

| x1 | Rank #22,130

the road home

急(いそ)ぐ

| x8 | Rank #506

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

人(ひと)々(びと)

| x13 | Rank #1,509

people; men and women ; each person; everybody

物(もの)売(う)り

| x1 | Rank #51,375

street vendor; peddler

は

| x11494 | Rank #3

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

声(こえ)

| x408 | Rank #193

voice ; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot ; voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will ; sound ; sense (of something's arrival); feeling ; voice; voiced sound

張(は)り上(あ)げる

| x6 | Rank #15,668

to raise (one's voice)

呼(よ)び込(こ)む

| x1 | Rank #12,329

to call in; to invite; to bring in

招(まね)く

| x4 | Rank #2,494

to invite; to ask ; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to ; to call in; to send for; to summon ; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

街(まち)角(かど)

| x4 | Rank #23,314

street corner

娼(しょう)妓(ぎ)

| x9 | Rank #112,318

prostitute; harlot

慣(な)れる

| x40 | Rank #858

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with ; to become skilled in; to become experienced at ; to become tame; to become domesticated ; to get used to doing

身(み)のこなし

| x10 | Rank #16,065

carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)

で

| x4105 | Rank #36

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

客(きゃく)

| x26 | Rank #1,019

guest; visitor ; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger ; counter for containers used to entertain guests

擦(す)り寄(よ)る

| x2 | Rank #33,832

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

およそ

| x24 | Rank #4,001

about; roughly; approximately ; generally; on the whole; as a rule ; completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) ; outline; gist

新(しん)鮮(せん)味(み)

| x1 | Rank #76,668

freshness; novelty

欠(か)ける

| x9 | Rank #3,159

to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged ; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost ; to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in) ; to wane (of the moon); to go into eclipse

ありふれる

| x4 | Rank #10,965

to be common

営(いとな)み

| x6 | Rank #16,441

activity; action; performance; execution ; occupation; business; work ; sexual intercourse; sex ; preparations

だが

| x526 | Rank #256

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

幻(げん)灯(とう)

| x2 | Rank #91,189

slide (used for projection) ; magic lantern

画(かく)

| x11 | Rank #6,769

stroke (of a kanji)

趣(おもむき)

| x4 | Rank #13,678

meaning; tenor; gist ; effect; influence ; appearance; aspect ; grace; charm; refinement; taste; elegance

与(あた)える

| x16 | Rank #788

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award ; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply ; to assign ; to cause ; to pass (a variable to a function)

けれど

| x153 | Rank #981

but; however; although

その

| x1697 | Rank #21

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

中(うち)

| x970 | Rank #182

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

ある

| x272 | Rank #29

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

なお

| x35 | Rank #2,008

still; yet ; more; still more; greater; further ; as ...; like ... ; furthermore; in addition; moreover; note that ...

異(い)質(しつ)

| x7 | Rank #12,321

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

で

| x1734 | Rank #208

without doing ...

孤(こ)高(こう)

| x5 | Rank #15,551

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ)

| x24 | Rank #810

wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious ; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously

後(うし)ろ姿(すがた)

| x13 | Rank #7,473

(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure

夕(ゆう)凪(なぎ)

| x1 | Rank #71,707

evening calm

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