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

もの

x6 | Rank #78

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

と

x65 | Rank #6

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

判(はん)明(めい)

x1 | Rank #5,476

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

橋爪

x12 | Rank #36,190

Hashizume ; Hashitsume ; Hashizume

まずは

x3 | Rank #752

first of all; to begin with; before anything else ; probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually ; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably ; anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being

一(いち)番(ばん)

x1 | Rank #369

number one; first; first place ; best; most ; game; round; bout ; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ; song (e.g. in noh); piece

近(ちか)く

x2 | Rank #683

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to ; shortly; soon

に

x124 | 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

いる

x11 | Rank #55

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

三島

x13 | Rank #7,437

Mishima ; Mijima

耕介

x21 | Rank #42,339

Kōsuke

だ

x37 | Rank #8

be; is

な

x33 | 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?

日下

x43 | Rank #15,130

Kusaka ; Nichika ; Nichishita ; Hishita ; Hinoshita

その

x32 | Rank #28

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

交(こう)際(さい)相(あい)手(て)

x1 | Rank #43,826

person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend

中川

x9 | Rank #10,128

Nakakawa ; Nakaga ; Nakagaha ; Nakagawa ; Nakanokawa ; Nokaga

美智子

x10 | Rank #43,297

Michiko

ですが

x3 | Rank #418

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

若(わか)い

x2 | Rank #890

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

女(じょ)性(せい)

x6 | Rank #563

woman; female ; feminine gender

という

x14 | Rank #61

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

こと

x70 | 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 ...

も

x56 | 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

ある

x8 | Rank #36

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

姫川

x17 | Rank #11,118

Himegawa

相(あい)手(て)

x1 | Rank #217

companion; partner; company ; other party; addressee; counterparty ; opponent (sports, etc.)

方(ほう)

x5 | Rank #144

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

が

x147 | 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

しゃべる

x1 | Rank #1,613

to talk; to chat; to chatter

やすい

x2 | Rank #1,006

easy ; likely to ...; have a tendency to ... ; easy to ...

でしょう

x6 | Rank #155

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

物(もの)音(おと)

x2 | Rank #5,330

noise; sound

男(だん)性(せい)

x13 | Rank #1,117

man; male ; masculine gender

何(なに)

x19 | 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)

やる

x16 | Rank #66

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study ; to send; to dispatch; to despatch ; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) ; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer ; to make (a vehicle) go faster ; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise ; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke ; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ; to ease (one's mind) ; to harm; to injure; to kill

んだ

x24 | Rank #16

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

よ

x42 | Rank #11

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

彼(かの)女(じょ)

x9 | Rank #132

she; her ; girlfriend

関(かん)係(けい)

x6 | Rank #424

relation; relationship; connection ; participation; involvement; concern ; influence; effect ; sexual relations; sexual relationship ; related to; connected to

ねえ

x10 | Rank #96

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; hey; say; listen; look; come on ; you know; you see; I must say; I should think ; will you?; please ; so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand? ; I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...

だろう

x9 | Rank #62

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

私(わたし)

x11 | Rank #22

I; me

事(じ)件(けん)

x4 | Rank #414

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

関(かん)係(けい)ない

x1 | Rank #1,401

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

を

x120 | 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.

聞(き)く

x5 | Rank #134

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

する

x15 | 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

玲子

x5 | Rank #11,093

Akiko ; Akirako ; Yoshiko ; Riyouko

何(なん)で

x6 | Rank #261

why?; what for? ; how?; by what means?

中林

x27 | Rank #53,567

Nakahayashi ; Nakabayashi

建(けん)設(せつ)

x21 | Rank #5,056

construction; establishment

で

x57 | Rank #25

without doing ...

保(ほ)険(けん)金(きん)

x13 | Rank #17,069

insurance payout; insurance money

詐(さ)欺(ぎ)

x9 | Rank #4,602

fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam ; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out

関(かか)わる

x3 | Rank #1,725

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to concern oneself (with); to take part (in); to interfere (in) ; to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to concern; to have to do with ; to (seriously) affect; to concern; to have a serious bearing (on) ; to stick (to); to adhere (to); to be particular (about)

父(ちち)親(おや)

x6 | Rank #997

father

殺(ころ)す

x4 | Rank #309

to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter ; to suppress; to block; to hamper; to destroy (e.g. talent); to eliminate (e.g. an odour); to spoil (e.g. a flavour); to kill (e.g. one's speed) ; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath) ; to put out (a runner) ; to pawn; to put in hock

もし

x2 | Rank #388

if; in case; supposing

罪(つみ)滅(ほろ)ぼし

x1 | Rank #21,760

atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)

意(い)味(み)

x2 | Rank #316

meaning; significance; sense

面(めん)倒(どう)

x1 | Rank #1,349

trouble; bother ; trouble; difficulty ; care; attention

見(み)る

x8 | Rank #88

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

沢井

x4 | Rank #25,016

Sawai

違(ちが)う

x2 | Rank #174

to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with) ; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken ; to become abnormal; to go wrong ; isn't it?; wasn't it?

これ

x12 | Rank #33

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

賢(けん)

x2 | Rank #10,128

intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue

ちゃん

x7 | Rank #54

suffix for familiar person

じゃ

x10 | Rank #47

then; well; so; well then

最(さい)後(ご)

x4 | Rank #326

end; conclusion ; last; final; latest; most recent ; no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) ; one's final moments

会(あ)う

x3 | Rank #258

to meet; to encounter; to see ; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

年(とし)

x16 | Rank #143

year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age

前(さき)

x14 | Rank #129

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

って

x28 | Rank #15

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 ...

いったって

x1 | Rank #19,252

even if I told you

かどうか

x1 | Rank #882

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

ぐらい

x1 | Rank #453

approximately; about; around; or so ; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least ; as ... as ...; like

分(わ)かる

x9 | Rank #136

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!

あなた

x4 | Rank #92

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

誰(だれ)

x4 | Rank #154

who

うめき声(ごえ)

x1 | Rank #6,193

groan; moan; moaning

おやっさん

x3 | Rank #13,066

father; dad ; old man

大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)

x2 | Rank #113

safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay ; certainly; surely; undoubtedly ; no thanks; I'm good; that's alright ; great man; fine figure of a man

ですか

x17 | Rank #87

indicates question

じゃない

x15 | Rank #46

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

ダー

x3 | Rank #964

darling

はい

x33 | Rank #51

yes; that is correct ; understood; I see; OK; okay ; present; here ; pardon?; what's that?; come again? ; now; here; here you go ; giddy-up; giddap

勤(つと)める

x1 | Rank #6,825

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) ; to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) ; to conduct a religious service

鉄(てつ)道(どう)会(がい)社(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #70,096

railroad corporation; railway company

人(にん)間(げん)

x6 | Rank #178

human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind ; character (of a person)

にも

x5 | Rank #187

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

確(かく)認(にん)

x4 | Rank #697

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification

とる

x3 | Rank #518

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

つまり

x6 | Rank #404

that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means ; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically ; clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage ; shrinkage ; end; conclusion ; dead end; corner ; distress; being at the end of one's rope

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