Jiten beta

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

こと

| x3 | Rank #15

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 ...

聞(き)く

| x2 | Rank #99

to hear ; to listen (e.g. to music) ; to ask; to enquire; to query ; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of ; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with ; to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to ; to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance) ; to taste (alcohol); to try

さあ

| x1 | Rank #259

come (on); come now; come along; here ; all right; right; okay; now; here goes ; well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure ; here; now; there (we go); ah; oh ; about that, ...; actually, ...

かっ飛(と)ばす

| x1 | Rank #31,972

to knock out (e.g. a homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)

乗(の)る

| x1 | Rank #370

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

船(せん)頭(どう)

| x1 | Rank #30,001

boatman; ferryman

さん

| x1 | Rank #21

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san ; politeness marker

すごい

| x1 | Rank #197

terrible; dreadful ; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific ; to a great extent; vast (in numbers) ; awfully; very; immensely

かっこいい

| x1 | Rank #2,618

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy

目(め)

| x1 | Rank #130

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

死(し)ぬ

| x5 | Rank #212

to die; to pass away ; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead ; to cease; to stop

し

| x1 | Rank #64

and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also ; because; since ; the thing is; for one thing

無(む)表(ひょう)情(じょう)

| x1 | Rank #7,957

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

強(つよ)い

| x2 | Rank #305

strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough ; strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged ; good (at); skilled; knowledgeable ; being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient ; firm; rigid; solid ; intense; strong; fierce; high ; dependable; trustworthy

かしら

| x1 | Rank #580

I wonder; do you think?; I might; how about ; some kind; some stage; somehow; somewhere

手(て)合(あ)わせ

| x1 | Rank #13,025

game; contest; bout

今(いま)

| x1 | Rank #53

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately ; another; more

騒(さわ)ぐ

| x1 | Rank #1,526

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

吉(きち)

| x1 | Rank #8,904

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness ; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

閻(えん)魔(ま)

| x7 | Rank #37,039

Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma

様(さま)

| x2 | Rank #224

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

居(い)所(どころ)

| x1 | Rank #11,454

whereabouts; address ; place of temporary residence

立(た)ち寄(よ)る

| x1 | Rank #6,765

to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in

分(わ)かる

| x2 | Rank #265

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!

時(じ)間(かん)

| x1 | Rank #160

time ; hour ; period; class; lesson

では

| x2 | Rank #75

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

出(しゅっ)発(ぱつ)

| x1 | Rank #2,109

departure; leaving; setting off

する

| x6 | Rank #16

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

水(みず)辺(べ)

| x1 | Rank #21,511

water's edge; waterside; shore

咲(さ)く

| x1 | Rank #2,771

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open ; to rise up (of breaking waves)

彼(ひ)岸(がん)花(ばな)

| x1 | Rank #61,839

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis

葉(は)

| x1 | Rank #4,222

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

出(で)会(あ)う

| x1 | Rank #789

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)

互(たが)い

| x1 | Rank #737

each other; one another

想(おも)う

| x1 | Rank #6,132

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

ど

| x2 | Rank #974

but; however ; even though; even if

すれ違(ちが)う

| x1 | Rank #5,468

to pass (by) each other; to brush past ; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet ; to be at odds; to clash; to be in conflict

毎(まい)回(かい)

| x1 | Rank #3,411

every time; each round

その

| x2 | Rank #23

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

詩(うた)

| x1 | Rank #8,557

song; singing ; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka) ; modern poetry

他(ほか)に

| x1 | Rank #1,154

else; in addition; besides

黙(だま)る

| x1 | Rank #435

to be silent; to say nothing

決(き)まり文(もん)句(く)

| x1 | Rank #60,434

set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line

これより

| x2 | Rank #4,553

from (this, here, etc.); since (this)

黄(こう)泉(せん)

| x2 | Rank #27,238

Hades; hell; underworld ; underground spring

道(みち)

| x2 | Rank #436

road; path; street; lane; passage ; route; way ; distance; journey ; road (e.g. to victory); course ; way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles ; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma ; field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality ; means; way; method

へ

| x3 | Rank #73

to; towards; for

この世(よ)

| x1 | Rank #1,278

this world; this life; world of the living

別(わか)れる

| x1 | Rank #1,167

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from ; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce ; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

戻(もど)る

| x2 | Rank #194

to turn back (e.g. half-way) ; to return; to go back ; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned ; to rebound; to spring back

にも

| x1 | Rank #145

also; too; not ... either; as well; even ; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

若(わか)い

| x2 | Rank #649

young; youthful ; immature; green ; low (number); small

娘(むすめ)

| x1 | Rank #534

daughter ; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

いる

| x2 | Rank #48

to be (of animate objects); to exist ; to stay ; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

老(ろう)人(じん)

| x1 | Rank #3,818

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

じゃない

| x4 | Rank #49

is not; am not; are not ; isn't it?

偏(へん)見(けん)

| x1 | Rank #7,878

prejudice; bias; distorted view

趣(おもむき)のある

| x1 | Rank #50,911

tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive

美(び)人(じん)

| x1 | Rank #1,918

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

奈何(いかん)

| x1 | Rank #122,366

(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of) ; what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?

橋(はし)

| x4 | Rank #2,774

bridge

碗(わん)

| x1 | Rank #56,082

bowl (ceramic, porcelain) ; counter for bowls of food or drink

中(なか)身(み)

| x1 | Rank #1,604

contents; interior; filling ; substance; content ; (sword) blade

その人(ひと)

| x1 | Rank #1,225

the person in question ; prominent figure; distinguished person ; that person

流(なが)す

| x1 | Rank #990

to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill ; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift ; to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away ; to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire) ; to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute ; to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place ; to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill) ; to forfeit (a pawn) ; to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly ; to exile; to banish

一(いっ)生(しょう)分(ぶん)

| x1 | Rank #22,239

lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

涙(なみだ)

| x3 | Rank #1,229

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion ; sympathy

つらい

| x1 | Rank #920

painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally) ; tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ; cruel; harsh; cold

過(か)去(こ)

| x2 | Rank #997

the past; bygone days ; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) ; past (tense); preterit; preterite ; previous life

忘(わす)れる

| x2 | Rank #231

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

とか

| x1 | Rank #82

and the like; such as; among other things; and so on ; or something; something like; a (certain) ; I hear that ...; people say that ...; rumour has it that ... ; or something; something like; or whatever

あの子(こ)

| x1 | Rank #612

that child; that kid; that boy; that girl; that young lady ; you

晴(は)れやかな笑(え)顔(がお)

| x1 | Rank #53,210

beaming smile

たち

| x1 | Rank #91

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

飲(の)む

| x4 | Rank #354

to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) ; to smoke (tobacco) ; to swallow up; to engulf ; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath) ; to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to ; to make light of (someone); to think nothing of; to overwhelm; to overawe ; to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.); to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)

渡(わた)る

| x3 | Rank #1,692

to cross over; to go across ; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

ため

| x1 | Rank #177

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

客(きゃく)人(じん)

| x1 | Rank #8,138

caller; visitor; company; guest

だし

| x1 | Rank #1,528

dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp ; pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man

些(さ)細(さい)

| x1 | Rank #7,135

trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant

記(き)憶(おく)

| x1 | Rank #948

memory; recollection; remembrance ; memory; storage

消(け)す

| x1 | Rank #841

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

おくる

| x2 | Rank #390

to give (as a gift); to present ; to confer; to bestow; to award

こんな

| x2 | Rank #85

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

限(かぎ)る

| x2 | Rank #1,661

to restrict; to limit; to confine ; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to ; to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to)

量(りょう)

| x1 | Rank #1,691

quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food) ; generosity; magnanimity; tolerance ; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)

多(おお)すぎる

| x1 | Rank #5,447

to be too numerous; to be too much

孟(つとむ)

| x1 | Rank #68,288

Tsutomu

殿(どの)

| x1 | Rank #2,686

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

どういう

| x1 | Rank #239

what kind of; what sort of; what

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