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Vocabulary for Nihongo no Sakubun Gijutsu

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x3 | Rank #241

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)

へ

x44 | Rank #80

to; towards; for

でよ

x2 | Rank #2,539

expresses a firm view or feeling ; please ...; would you ...

べ

x2 | Rank #1,138

word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation ; familiar suffix used after a personal name

えっと

x2 | Rank #847

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

へる

x2 | Rank #10,545

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

ありう

x2 | Rank #120,072

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

いい

x27 | Rank #30

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem

ダー

x1 | Rank #981

darling

ははは

x1 | Rank #1,615

ha ha ha (laughter)

岩(いわ)手(て)県(けん)

x1 | Rank #50,130

Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

二戸郡

x1 | Rank #242,643

Ninohegun

老(ろう)婆(ば)

x2 | Rank #11,680

old woman

新(しん)聞(ぶん)記(き)事(じ)

x3 | Rank #38,627

newspaper story (article, account)

いくらか

x2 | Rank #9,191

some; (a) little ; somewhat; to some extent; in part

加(くわ)える

x12 | Rank #2,401

to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex ; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up ; to include; to count in; to let join ; to inflict (damage); to deal; to give

おい

x2 | Rank #9,327

nephew

いま

x15 | Rank #834

living room (Western style); sitting room

ご

x3 | Rank #1,831

go (board game)

アハハハ

x2 | Rank #2,694

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)

x32 | Rank #84,216

Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

三(さん)月(がつ)

x4 | Rank #13,220

March ; third month of the lunar calendar

日(にち)

x53 | Rank #1,064

Sunday ; nth day (of the month) ; counter for days ; Japan

夕(ゆう)刊(かん)

x6 | Rank #41,903

evening paper

文(ぶん)化(か)面(めん)

x4 | Rank #104,729

cultural aspect

回(かい)

x10 | Rank #1,008

counter for occurrences ; a time; an instance ; inning (baseball); round; game ; episode; chapter; instalment ; Hui (people) ; Islam

前(さき)

x42 | Rank #130

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

句(く)点(てん)

x2 | Rank #126,196

period; full stop

読(とう)点(てん)

x12 | Rank #72,562

comma

ほか

x29 | Rank #1,031

another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside ; another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al. ; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside ; except; but; other than; apart from ; besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

カタカナ

x7 | Rank #30,921

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

使(し)用(よう)

x4 | Rank #2,145

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

によって

x8 | Rank #4,204

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

合(ごう)計(けい)

x1 | Rank #7,704

sum total; total amount

それだけ

x13 | Rank #470

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

記(き)事(じ)

x15 | Rank #2,370

article; news story; report; account

これ以(い)上(じょう)

x7 | Rank #799

any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

わざと

x7 | Rank #1,954

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

耳(みみ)

x7 | Rank #835

ear ; hearing ; ear (for music, etc.) ; edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage ; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle

きる

x9 | Rank #2,927

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) ; to sever (connections, ties) ; to turn off (e.g. the light) ; to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) ; to open (something sealed) ; to start ; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.) ; to reduce; to decrease; to discount ; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain

ときの

x5 | Rank #10,352

of the time; at the time ; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

にくい

x4 | Rank #2,546

difficult to ...; hard to ...

上(うえ)

x114 | Rank #174

above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...

表(ひょう)現(げん)

x3 | Rank #2,783

expression; representation; description ; representation (of a group)

逆(ぎゃく)にいえば

x1 | Rank #71,515

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

つまり

x50 | Rank #400

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

音(おん)便(びん)

x1 | Rank #192,490

euphony; euphonic change

きく

x2 | Rank #6,503

to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for) ; to work; to function well ; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to ; to taste (alcohol); to try

句(く)読(とう)点(てん)

x6 | Rank #86,470

punctuation mark

限(げん)定(てい)

x4 | Rank #5,047

limit; restriction

このまま

x6 | Rank #394

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

ようになる

x16 | Rank #3,480

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

母(かあ)ちゃん

x1 | Rank #2,349

mum; mom; mummy; mommy ; wifey; dear; missus

一人(ひとり)

x16 | Rank #360

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

今(いま)

x25 | Rank #67

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

誰(だれ)も

x1 | Rank #478

everyone; anyone ; no one; nobody

居(きょ)

x1 | Rank #22,449

residence

えっ

x1 | Rank #77

huh?; what's up?

地(ち)方(ほう)

x5 | Rank #4,233

district; region; area; locality ; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area ; civilian society

方(ほう)言(げん)

x4 | Rank #26,083

dialect; provincialism

知(し)る

x13 | Rank #132

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

およそ

x2 | Rank #4,654

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

化(か)

x9 | Rank #2,534

change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

ことによって

x7 | Rank #6,996

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

より

x52 | Rank #152

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

ずっと

x4 | Rank #233

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

出(で)かせぎ

x1 | Rank #152,668

working away from home (esp. abroad) ; person working away from home; migrant worker

どの

x6 | Rank #1,243

which; what (way)

男(おとこ)

x34 | Rank #139

man; male ; fellow; guy; chap; bloke ; male lover; boyfriend; man ; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

たち

x40 | Rank #124

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

なくなる

x7 | Rank #583

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing ; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more ; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

夜(よ)這(ば)い

x1 | Rank #32,699

creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

はいる

x5 | Rank #1,939

to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive ; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into ; to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category) ; to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated ; to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed ; to be received; to be obtained ; to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes) ; to turn on; to start functioning; to start working ; to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin ; to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop

何(なん)でもない

x2 | Rank #2,530

easy; trifling; harmless; of no concern; nothing ; nothing of the sort; not at all

例(れい)の

x3 | Rank #1,731

the usual; as it always is ; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.) ; in the usual way

最(さい)初(しょ)

x30 | Rank #383

beginning; outset; first; onset

原(げん)形(けい)

x4 | Rank #32,464

original form; base form

さえも

x3 | Rank #7,246

even

厳(げん)密(みつ)にいえば

x1 | Rank #109,371

strictly speaking

東(とう)北(ほく)地(ち)方(ほう)

x2 | Rank #60,574

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

特(とく)徴(ちょう)づける

x1 | Rank #165,182

to make characteristic; to characterize

母(ぼ)音(いん)

x4 | Rank #82,472

vowel

構(こう)造(ぞう)

x30 | Rank #5,482

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

ズーズー弁(べん)

x1 | Rank #165,182

thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)

由(ゆ)来(らい)

x3 | Rank #9,615

origin; source; history; derivation ; originally; from the start; by nature

現(あらわ)れる

x8 | Rank #877

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)

すでに

x8 | Rank #2,087

already ; previously; before ; undeniably; unmistakably; in the first place

自(じ)体(たい)

x9 | Rank #2,525

itself ; one's own body; oneself ; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

変(か)える

x4 | Rank #746

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary ; to reform; to revise; to amend

きびしい

x4 | Rank #19,588

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless ; hard (to do); difficult; tricky ; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather); inclement

もはや

x17 | Rank #1,365

already; now ; no longer; not any more

文(も)字(じ)

x7 | Rank #1,904

letter (of an alphabet); character ; writing

とたんに

x2 | Rank #19,705

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

加(くわ)わる

x3 | Rank #4,237

to be added to; to be appended ; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate ; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) ; to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted

であれ

x4 | Rank #17,362

no matter (what, who, etc.) ; whether ... or ... ; be