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

ロボット

| x61 | Rank #5,283

robot ; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

より

| x3 | Rank #122

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

プレート

| x1 | Rank #11,693

plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate) ; plate (dish) ; (tectonic) plate ; (home) plate; pitcher's mound ; plate ; plate ; plate (of a vacuum tube); anode

直儀

| x1 | Rank #218,612

Tadayoshi

年(とし)

| x19 | Rank #142

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

１０月

| x2 | Rank #5,125

October ; tenth month of the lunar calendar

１０日

| x3 | Rank #4,173

10th day of the month ; ten days

土(つち)

| x4 | Rank #2,611

earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud ; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land ; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ; (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

世(せ)界(かい)

| x9 | Rank #291

the world; society; the universe ; sphere; circle; world ; world-renowned; world-famous ; realm governed by one Buddha; space

大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)

| x1 | Rank #29,345

Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)

大(だい)学(がく)院(いん)

| x1 | Rank #21,406

graduate school

学(がっ)校(こう)

| x1 | Rank #651

school

ション

| x1 | Rank #13,705

Sean

施(せ)術(じゅつ)

| x1 | Rank #22,080

treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing ; surgical operation; procedure

平(へい)成(せい)

| x2 | Rank #7,863

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

日(ひ)

| x2 | Rank #208

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

浦沢直樹

| x5 | Rank #80,533

Urasawa Naoki (1960.1-)

キートン

| x1 | Rank #82,676

Keaton; Keeton

講(こう)座(ざ)

| x1 | Rank #16,344

course (e.g. of lectures) ; academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

記(き)録(ろく)

| x1 | Rank #1,741

record; document; minutes; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down ; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

踊(おど)る

| x2 | Rank #2,170

to dance (orig. a hopping dance) ; to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

警(けい)官(かん)

| x2 | Rank #5,678

police officer; policeman; constable

普(ふ)通(つう)

| x1 | Rank #400

normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average ; normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; local train; train that stops at every station

異(い)型(けい)

| x1 | Rank #124,915

variant; variant form ; heteromorphism; heteromorphy

浦沢

| x8 | Rank #69,666

Urasawa ; Urazawa

入矢

| x1 | Rank #188,117

Iriya

小(ぐわー)

| x1 | Rank #17,041

small; little; dear

烈(あきら)

| x1 | Rank #20,666

Akira ; Tsuyoshi

伝(つて)

| x1 | Rank #13,138

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between ; connections; influence; pull; good offices

齋(いつき)

| x1 | Rank #71,324

Itsuki ; Hitoshi

黒沢

| x1 | Rank #41,889

Kurosara ; Kurosawa ; Kurozawa

福本伸行

| x1 | Rank #108,134

Fukumoto Nobuyuki (1958.12.10-)

光(ひかり)

| x1 | Rank #954

light ; illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow ; happiness; hope ; influence; power ; vision; eyesight ; optical fiber; optical fibre

島(しま)

| x1 | Rank #2,870

island ; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf

居(い)る

| x1 | Rank #2,491

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

瀬(せ)

| x1 | Rank #19,235

shallows; shoal ; rapids; current; torrent ; position; place ; chance; opportunity

あきら

| x1 | Rank #16,931

Akira

いい

| x25 | Rank #25

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

か

| x98 | 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

衆(しゅう)

| x1 | Rank #9,730

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses ; people; folk; clique; bunch

へと

| x1 | Rank #1,283

to; towards; for

岡(おか)

| x2 | Rank #18,858

hill; height; knoll; rising ground ; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

国(こく)人(じん)

| x1 | Rank #66,379

indigenous person; inhabitant of a country ; local; native ; local lords and samurai ; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん)

| x1 | Rank #60,814

Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto) ; Rashōmon (story by Akutagawa, film by Kurosawa)

矢島正雄

| x1 | Rank #148,756

Yajima Masao (1950.2.15-)

由美

| x1 | Rank #29,426

Naomi ; Yūmi

岳(たけ)

| x1 | Rank #29,271

(high) mountain; Mount; Mt. ; mountain peak

いや

| x17 | Rank #63

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

わかる

| x12 | Rank #1,057

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!

のです

| x1 | Rank #495

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

が

| x218 | 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

街(まち)

| x1 | Rank #1,156

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

石(いし)

| x1 | Rank #1,941

stone ; jewel; precious stone ; flint (in a lighter) ; stone ; stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

隊(たい)

| x1 | Rank #2,967

party; group; crew; team; body ; company (of troops); corps; unit; squad

県(けん)

| x2 | Rank #6,729

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

一(いっ)刀(とう)

| x1 | Rank #22,092

sword; blade ; single stroke

刺(とげ)

| x1 | Rank #28,610

thorn; spine; prickle ; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone) ; biting words

者(しゃ)

| x3 | Rank #740

person; -er ; expert; geisha; prostitute

指(ゆび)先(さき)

| x1 | Rank #4,623

fingertip; finger ; toe tip; toe

案(あん)内(ない)人(にん)

| x1 | Rank #23,638

guide (on a tour, etc.)

水(みず)

| x1 | Rank #596

water (esp. cool or cold) ; fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid ; flood; floodwaters ; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

は

| x231 | Rank #3

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

丁(ちょう)

| x1 | Rank #6,372

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding) ; counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant ; even number ; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

戸(と)

| x1 | Rank #4,980

door (esp. Japanese-style) ; shutter; window shutter ; entrance (to a home) ; narrows

い

| x10 | Rank #163

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

かわいい

| x1 | Rank #444

cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty ; dear; precious; darling; pet ; innocent; childlike; childish; lovable ; dainty; little; tiny

江(え)戸(ど)っ子(こ)

| x1 | Rank #31,919

(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko

えど

| x1 | Rank #36,041

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

公(こう)

| x1 | Rank #8,074

public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public ; duke; prince ; Sir; Lord ; familiar or derogatory suffix

中原裕

| x1 | Rank #91,418

Nakahara Yū (1962.5.5-)

全(ぜん)

| x1 | Rank #12,026

all; whole; entire; complete; total; pan- ; complete (set); in total

巻(まき)

| x9 | Rank #3,795

roll (e.g. of cloth) ; winding (e.g. watch) ; volume (of book) ; speeding up ; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

デー

| x1 | Rank #4,392

day (as in holiday) ; daytime

一(いっ)夕(せき)

| x1 | Rank #59,384

one evening; some evenings

満(まん)載(さい)

| x1 | Rank #11,748

full load; being fully loaded (with); being loaded to capacity (with); carrying a full load (of) ; being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine) ; being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)

ホームページ

| x1 | Rank #8,405

home page (of a website or browser); homepage ; web page ; website

まさか

| x1 | Rank #242

by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not) ; something unexpected; emergency ; currently; for the time being; presently; for now ; indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly

マイク

| x1 | Rank #5,776

mike; mic; microphone

はいい

| x1 | Rank #3,249

dethronement

ですが

| x2 | Rank #415

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

おはようございます

| x1 | Rank #1,121

good morning