Jiten beta

to raise; to elevate ; to do up (one's hair) ; to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.) ; to land (a boat) ; to deep-fry ; to show someone (into a room) ; to give ; to send someone (away) ; to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll ; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve

行(い)き届(とど)く

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to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

歴(れき)史(し)は繰(く)り返(かえ)す

x1 | Rank #79,956

history repeats itself

どころか

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; not ..., on the contrary, ...; instead of; rather than ; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention; much less; not only ... (but also ...)

どころ

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the place for; the time for; the level of

万(まん)

x1 | Rank #3,244

10,000; ten thousand ; myriad ; everything; all ; various

単(たん)位(い)

x1 | Rank #6,927

unit; denomination ; credit (in school) ; in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

実(じつ)は

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

違(ちが)い

x5 | Rank #2,043

difference; distinction; discrepancy ; mistake; error

ひとつ

x18 | Rank #797

one ; for one thing ; only ; (not) even ; just (e.g. "just try it") ; some kind of; one type of

時(じ)代(だい)遅(おく)れ

x2 | Rank #19,807

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

余(よ)地(ち)

x7 | Rank #5,356

place; room; margin; scope

とある

x3 | Rank #4,907

a certain ...

小(しょう)説(せつ)家(か)

x1 | Rank #9,966

novelist; fiction writer

いわく

x1 | Rank #12,030

pretext; history; past; story ; according to ...; ... says

うる

x4 | Rank #2,887

to be able to ...; can ... ; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain

現(げん)実(じつ)

x4 | Rank #1,152

reality; actuality; hard fact

起(お)こり得(う)る

x1 | Rank #40,778

to be possible to occur

そうです

x9 | Rank #282

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; that's my impression ; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

無(む)限(げん)

x1 | Rank #3,960

infinity; infinitude; eternity ; infinite; limitless

多(た)様(よう)性(せい)

x3 | Rank #27,894

diversity; variety

言(い)い表(あらわ)す

x1 | Rank #28,113

to express (in words) ; to confess

意(い)地(じ)

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stubbornness; obstinacy; willpower; pride ; disposition; nature ; appetite; desire; greed

悪(わる)い

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bad; poor; undesirable ; poor (quality); inferior; insufficient ; evil; sinful ; ugly; not beautiful ; at fault; to blame; in the wrong ; bad (at doing something) ; unprofitable; unbeneficial ; sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable

逆(ぎゃく)向(む)き

x2 | Rank #51,939

opposite direction; reverse ; retrorse

読(よ)み解(と)く

x2 | Rank #22,402

to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to read carefully; to analyze ; to decipher; to decode

想(そう)像(ぞう)力(りょく)

x3 | Rank #11,426

(power of) imagination

くすくす

x2 | Rank #7,152

chuckle; giggle

笑(わら)う

x3 | Rank #452

to laugh ; to smile ; to sneer; to ridicule ; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

和(にこ)やか

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smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

流(なが)れる

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) ; to be washed away; to be carried ; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray ; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate ; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played ; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair) ; to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted ; to be called off; to be forfeited ; to disappear; to be removed

対(たい)する

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to face (each other); to be facing ; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to ; to receive (a client, etc.) ; to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to ; to confront; to oppose; to compete with

かなり

x8 | Rank #653

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

辛(しん)辣(らつ)

x2 | Rank #21,336

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

批(ひ)評(ひょう)

x1 | Rank #31,091

criticism; critique; review; commentary

無(む)惨(ざん)

x1 | Rank #20,038

cruel; merciless; atrocious; ruthless; cold-blooded ; pitiful; tragic; horrible; miserable ; breaking a precept without shame

皮(ひ)肉(にく)

x4 | Rank #5,755

irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire ; unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned ; (only) surface; something superficial ; skin and bone; body

痛(つう)烈(れつ)

x1 | Rank #32,357

severe; bitter; scathing

思(おも)い浮(う)かべる

x1 | Rank #9,249

to be reminded of; to call to mind

意(い)識(しき)

x3 | Rank #913

consciousness ; becoming aware (of); awareness; sense ; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

知(ち)見(けん)

x2 | Rank #42,827

knowledge; information; opinion; view

触(ふ)れる

x7 | Rank #1,243

to touch; to feel ; to touch (with) ; to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive ; to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention; to bring up ; to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe ; to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)

あまり

x21 | Rank #539

remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers ; (not) very; (not) much ; too much; excessively; overly ; extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible ; not very good; so-so; mediocre ; more than; over

さ

x4 | Rank #90

-ness ; indicates assertion ; come; come now

っぷり

x4 | Rank #6,361

manner; style

がっかり

x2 | Rank #4,196

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to be discouraged; to be disheartened; to lose heart; to feel let down ; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

さま

x1 | Rank #4,491

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

人(じん)類(るい)

x3 | Rank #1,680

mankind; humanity

まだ

x27 | Rank #102

still; as yet; only ; (not) yet ; more; (more) still ; at least; comparatively; relatively ; unfinished; incomplete; not yet done

段(だん)階(かい)

x9 | Rank #2,991

stage; step; phase ; level; rank; grade; gradation ; order ; stairs

内(うち)側(がわ)

x2 | Rank #3,432

inside; interior; inner part

神(かみ)様(さま)

x3 | Rank #1,640

God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami ; ace; king; superior person; god (amongst men)

ごとき

x2 | Rank #4,498

like; similar to ; something like ...; someone like ...

失(しつ)望(ぼう)

x1 | Rank #7,230

disappointment; despair

と共(とも)に

x4 | Rank #1,436

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

迎(むか)える

x6 | Rank #1,372

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)

姿(すがた)

x6 | Rank #299

figure; form; shape ; appearance; dress; guise ; state; condition; picture; image ; form (of a waka) ; dressed in ...; wearing ...

ぞ

x1 | Rank #58

adds force or indicates command

向(む)く

x3 | Rank #1,434

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.) ; to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to front (on) ; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.) ; to be suited to; to be fit for ; to go towards; to turn to (of one's interests, feelings, etc.); to be inclined (to do)

証(しょう)左(さ)

x1 | Rank #40,225

evidence; proof ; witness

機(き)能(のう)性(せい)

x1 | Rank #42,562

functionality

はしゃぐ

x1 | Rank #6,824

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

人(じん)権(けん)

x1 | Rank #19,724

human rights; civil liberties

向(こう)上(じょう)

x1 | Rank #9,973

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

感(かん)心(しん)

x1 | Rank #3,939

admiration; being impressed ; admirable; praiseworthy ; astonishment; being appalled

その日(ひ)その日(ひ)

x1 | Rank #74,937

each day; from day to day; day-to-day

テンション

x1 | Rank #3,512

(emotional) tension; anxiety ; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; excitement; energy ; tension; tensile strength

基(き)本(ほん)的(てき)に

x4 | Rank #4,177

basically; fundamentally

あえて

x9 | Rank #2,752

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally ; not necessarily; not particularly; not especially ; definitely not

極(きょく)端(たん)

x1 | Rank #7,776

extreme; extremity

エンターテイメント

x1 | Rank #39,236

entertainment

発(はつ)言(げん)

x10 | Rank #2,256

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

そうでなければ

x1 | Rank #11,046

otherwise; or else; if not

探(たん)偵(てい)業(ぎょう)

x1 | Rank #53,273

detective work; detective industry

成(な)り立(た)つ

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to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of ; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid ; to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)

x2 | Rank #1,536

technology; engineering ; technique; skill ; art; craft

確(かく)信(しん)

x3 | Rank #2,805

conviction; belief; confidence

違(ちが)いない

x6 | Rank #2,123

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

動(どう)機(き)

x3 | Rank #3,862

motive; incentive ; motif

ありかた

x1 | Rank #61,611

the way (something) ought to be ; (present) state (of); how things are

ハウダニット

x1 | Rank #126,497

howdunit (detective story)

昔(むかし)ながら

x1 | Rank #23,639

unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional

十(じっ)分(ぷん)

x7 | Rank #763

enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory ; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly ; division into ten

通(つう)用(よう)

x1 | Rank #6,354

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket) ; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to apply; to be valid; to pass (for); to do well; to get by ; going in and out; entrance and exit

古(こ)典(てん)

x1 | Rank #20,555

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

名(めい)作(さく)

x1 | Rank #16,538

masterpiece; masterwork

決(けっ)して

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

古(ふる)びる

x3 | Rank #17,404

to look old; to get old

ミステリー

x4 | Rank #10,187

mystery

トリック

x1 | Rank #5,365

trick

出(で)る

x9 | Rank #132

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

尽(つ)くす

x4 | Rank #1,818

to use up; to exhaust; to run out of ; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) ; to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully

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