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

忍(にん)者(じゃ)

| x1 | Rank #9,454

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

孫(まご)

| x4 | Rank #2,652

grandchild

その

| x13 | Rank #21

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

名(な)

| x2 | Rank #503

name; given name ; title ; fame; renown; reputation ; pretext; pretense; justification; appearance

も

| x30 | 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

深(ふか)い

| x1 | Rank #845

deep ; profound ; dense; thick ; close (relationship) ; intense; strong ; late

山(さん)中(ちゅう)

| x1 | Rank #11,744

in the mountains; among the mountains

隠(かく)れ里(ざと)

| x1 | Rank #43,284

hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village ; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La

で

| x9 | Rank #203

without doing ...

忍(しの)び

| x8 | Rank #27,173

stealth ; travelling incognito (traveling) ; ninjutsu ; ninja ; sneak theft; sneak thief ; tolerance

技(わざ)

| x1 | Rank #2,479

technique; art; skill; move

を

| x87 | 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.

磨(みが)く

| x1 | Rank #3,164

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens) ; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)

は

| x90 | Rank #3

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

一(いち)族(ぞく)

| x2 | Rank #4,351

family; relatives; dependents ; household

恩(おん)人(じん)

| x1 | Rank #6,664

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

梅宮

| x20 | Rank #76,671

Umenomiya ; Umemiya

娘(むすめ)

| x4 | Rank #553

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

お市

| x12 | Rank #64,841

Oichi

と共(とも)に

| x1 | Rank #1,923

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

京(みやこ)

| x1 | Rank #9,823

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government ; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light) ; location of the Imperial Palace

に

| x76 | 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

出(で)る

| x5 | Rank #95

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over

そこ

| x2 | Rank #111

there (place relatively near listener) ; there (place just mentioned); that place ; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) ; you

で

| x24 | Rank #35

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

前(さき)

| x2 | Rank #104

point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party

立(た)ちはだかる

| x1 | Rank #8,169

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

狙(ねら)う

| x1 | Rank #766

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.) ; to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to plan to make one's own ; to aim for; to set up as a goal

闇(やみ)

| x1 | Rank #1,700

darkness; the dark ; bewilderment; despair; hopelessness ; hidden place; secrecy; oblivion ; black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels

勢(せい)力(りょく)

| x1 | Rank #6,272

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy

すんでのところで

| x1 | Rank #23,753

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

窮(きゅう)地(ち)

| x1 | Rank #7,643

dilemma; predicament

切(き)り抜(ぬ)ける

| x1 | Rank #7,936

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy) ; to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

もの

| x5 | Rank #76

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

己(おれ)

| x3 | Rank #2,490

I; me

俺(おれ)

| x19 | Rank #44

I; me

ふがいない

| x1 | Rank #14,121

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

打(う)ちひしぐ

| x1 | Rank #21,599

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

背(はい)後(ご)

| x1 | Rank #3,110

back; rear ; background; behind the scenes

更(さら)なる

| x1 | Rank #7,683

even more; still more; further

陰(いん)謀(ぼう)

| x2 | Rank #8,439

plot; intrigue; scheme ; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

が

| x75 | 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

北倉

| x5 | Rank #158,996

Kitakura

わし

| x3 | Rank #1,917

I; me

なぜ

| x1 | Rank #363

why; how; for what reason

ホーラ

| x1 | Rank #7,699

winning (of a hand); declaring a win; going mahjong; going out

伊(い)賀(が)

| x2 | Rank #34,272

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

者(しゃ)

| x2 | Rank #740

person; -er ; expert; geisha; prostitute

風(ふ)情(ぜい)

| x1 | Rank #6,645

taste; elegance; charm ; appearance; air ; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

出(で)入(い)り

| x5 | Rank #3,360

going in and out; entering and exiting ; visiting regularly; frequenting; having regular dealings with ; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings ; increase and decrease; surplus and deficit; fluctuation ; fight; trouble; quarrel; dispute ; indentations (e.g. of a coastline)

許(ゆる)す

| x2 | Rank #348

to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to ; to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate ; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off ; to acknowledge; to admit ; to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down ; to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield

か

| x45 | 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

分(わ)かる

| x6 | Rank #270

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!

だろう

| x4 | Rank #74

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

伴蔵

| x6 | Rank #145,685

Banzou

はっ

| x2 | Rank #263

oh ; yes ; huh?; hm?; what's that?

先(せん)日(じつ)

| x2 | Rank #1,538

the other day; a few days ago

高(たか)波(なみ)

| x10 | Rank #39,461

high waves; heavy seas

藩(はん)

| x10 | Rank #26,690

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

一(いっ)件(けん)

| x1 | Rank #5,800

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

埋(う)め合(あ)わせ

| x1 | Rank #14,328

compensation

する

| x11 | 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

必(かなら)ず

| x1 | Rank #414

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

さて

| x1 | Rank #706

well; now; then

京(きょう)の都(みやこ)

| x1 | Rank #48,402

Kyoto

暮(く)らす

| x2 | Rank #832

to live; to get along ; to spend (time)

事(こと)

| x18 | Rank #851

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 ...

なる

| x8 | Rank #34

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

諸(しょ)色(しき)

| x1 | Rank #242,284

various goods; prices

問(とん)屋(や)

| x1 | Rank #21,340

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

渡(と)海(かい)

| x8 | Rank #87,431

crossing the sea

屋(や)

| x8 | Rank #1,030

shop; store; restaurant ; someone who sells (something) or works as (something) ; someone with a (certain) personality trait ; house ; roof

番(ばん)頭(とう)

| x4 | Rank #27,163

(head) clerk

徳三郎

| x9 | Rank #138,629

Tokusaburō

から

| x8 | 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

呼(よ)び出(だ)す

| x1 | Rank #1,543

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to summon; to page; to invoke (e.g. a spirit) ; to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

ので

| x5 | Rank #138

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

ござる

| x7 | Rank #600

to be

えらい

| x1 | Rank #2,056

great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary ; distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous ; awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe ; tiring; tough; hard ; very; extremely

待(ま)つ

| x3 | Rank #92

to wait ; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate ; to depend on; to need

何(ど)の

| x1 | Rank #634

which; what (way)

用(よう)

| x1 | Rank #424

business; task; errand; engagement ; use; purpose ; for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ... ; call of nature; excretion

だ

| x22 | Rank #8

be; is

ここ

| x3 | Rank #41

here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...

ねぐら

| x1 | Rank #26,866

roost; nest ; pad; crib; one's home; sleeping place

琴(こと)

| x1 | Rank #20,014

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) ; stringed instrument ; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng

アーッ

| x2 | Rank #567

aah

あっ

| x20 | Rank #77

ah; oh ; hey!

いや

| x7 | Rank #63

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant ; unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome ; no!; quit it!; stop!

何(なに)

| x11 | Rank #26

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)

姫(ひめ)

| x13 | Rank #2,276

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) ; girl ; small; cute; lesser (in names of species) ; prostitute

様(さま)

| x37 | Rank #211

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

長(なが)屋(や)

| x6 | Rank #25,793

tenement house; row house

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