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x11 | Rank #12

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

の

x131 | Rank #1

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

河(かわ)

x1 | Rank #6,131

river; stream ; River; the ... river

ね

x2 | Rank #14

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 ...

ぼ

x1 | Rank #2,585

5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar

四(し)

x2 | Rank #766

four; 4

針(はり)

x1 | Rank #3,963

needle; pin ; hook ; stinger; thorn ; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer ; staple (for a stapler) ; needlework; sewing ; malice ; counter for stitches

け

x1 | Rank #5,765

hair ; fur; wool ; down; plumage; feathers

二(に)

x2 | Rank #273

two; 2

これ

x5 | Rank #33

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

選(せん)手(しゅ)

x1 | Rank #1,185

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

外(がい)

x1 | Rank #2,353

outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

帚(ほうき)

x1 | Rank #124,120

broom

研(きわむ)

x1 | Rank #6,740

Kiwamu

ポン

x1 | Rank #6,791

pat; tap; clap; slap; smack ; pop; crack ; cutesy suffix applied to names

ホー

x1 | Rank #15,135

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc. ; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

ほう

x2 | Rank #1,310

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc. ; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

い

x5 | Rank #140

strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

じゃ

x17 | Rank #47

then; well; so; well then

あの

x9 | Rank #49

that; those; the

義(ぎ)務(む)

x1 | Rank #4,452

duty; obligation; responsibility

を

x64 | 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.

代(だい)官(かん)

x1 | Rank #21,592

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff ; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator

文(も)字(じ)

x1 | Rank #1,926

letter (of an alphabet); character ; writing

か

x3 | 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

に

x2 | 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

辞(ことば)

x1 | Rank #41,548

language; dialect ; word; phrase; expression; term ; speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language ; words; remark; statement; comment ; learning to speak; language acquisition

朝(あさ)

x2 | Rank #596

morning ; breakfast

てっぺん

x4 | Rank #9,785

top; summit; apex; peak ; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) ; top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown

が

x79 | 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

って

x12 | 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 ...

気(き)

x4 | Rank #108

spirit; mind; heart ; nature; disposition ; intention; mind; will; motivation ; mood; feelings ; consciousness ; care; attention; consideration; worry ; interest ; (the) air; atmosphere ; ambience; atmosphere (of); air (of); mood ; fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste

何(なに)

x12 | 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)

原(げん)作(さく)

x2 | Rank #4,106

original work

信(しん)

x1 | Rank #3,895

honesty; sincerity; fidelity ; trust; reliance; confidence ; (religious) faith; devotion ; counter for received messages

川東

x2 | Rank #125,762

Kawatou ; Kawado ; Kawahigashi

治(ち)

x3 | Rank #10,340

politics; government; administration; rule ; peace ; medical treatment; cure

宮本武蔵

x4 | Rank #35,540

Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

私(わたくし)

x1 | Rank #7,269

I; me ; personal (affairs, etc.); private ; selfishness; partiality ; secrecy; confidentiality

講(こう)談(だん)

x1 | Rank #35,917

storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

は

x97 | Rank #2

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

昔(むかし)

x2 | Rank #435

the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago ; the past ten years; the past decade

医(い)薬(やく)

x1 | Rank #52,530

medicine ; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

局(きょく)

x1 | Rank #3,310

bureau; department ; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange ; affair; situation ; game (of go, shogi, etc.)

代(よ)

x1 | Rank #2,591

world; society; public ; life; lifetime ; age; era; period; epoch; generation ; reign; rule ; the times ; world (of existence)

文(ぶん)

x1 | Rank #3,421

sentence ; composition; text; writings ; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature ; statement

病(びょう)

x1 | Rank #6,984

disease

はっ

x47 | Rank #166

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

ぜえ

x5 | Rank #12,139

don't you think?

なぜ

x6 | Rank #315

why; how; for what reason

こんな

x6 | Rank #102

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

こと

x14 | 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 ...

する

x12 | 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

んだ

x7 | Rank #16

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

っけ

x1 | Rank #742

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

我(わ)が

x2 | Rank #1,034

my; our; one's own

一(いち)門(もん)

x1 | Rank #17,784

family; clan; kin ; sect; school; adherents; followers; disciples ; group of related sumo stables

剣(けん)技(ぎ)

x1 | Rank #14,396

sword skills; swordsmanship

見(み)る

x10 | 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) ...

といわれる

x1 | Rank #11,252

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

そりゃあ

x2 | Rank #2,325

very; extremely ; that is

見(み)せる

x5 | Rank #389

to show; to display ; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ... ; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining ; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised ; to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor ; to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others ; to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

も

x33 | 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

いい

x10 | Rank #30

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

途(と)端(たん)

x1 | Rank #3,032

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

おめえ

x1 | Rank #1,954

you

冥(めい)土(ど)

x1 | Rank #49,320

Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

へ

x6 | Rank #81

to; towards; for

行(い)く

x6 | Rank #83

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

いく

x4 | Rank #163

ことになる

x1 | Rank #900

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that ; to be the result (of); to be the outcome ; to be the reason (for)

それでも

x1 | Rank #382

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

いかに

x2 | Rank #3,782

how; in what way ; how (much); to what extent ; however (much); no matter how ; hey; oi

わし

x3 | Rank #495

I; me

高倉

x3 | Rank #21,888

Takakura ; Takanokura ; Marushio

流(りゅう)

x2 | Rank #2,740

way; manner; style; fashion; mode ; school (e.g. of flower arrangement) ; class; rate; rank ; flow; current; stream

師(し)範(はん)

x1 | Rank #19,241

instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

惣兵衛

x1 | Rank #56,392

Soubei ; Soubee

だが

x1 | Rank #109

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

と

x41 | Rank #6

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

いう

x4 | Rank #158

to say; to utter; to declare ; to name; to call ; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

な

x13 | 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?

立(た)ち合(あ)う

x1 | Rank #39,954

to be matched against (in a sports contest)

どう

x2 | Rank #71

how; in what way; how about

なる

x11 | Rank #44

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

には

x6 | Rank #37

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

見(み)える

x1 | Rank #283

to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight ; to look; to seem; to appear ; to come

武蔵

x15 | Rank #2,070

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

殿(どの)

x1 | Rank #609

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

そこもと

x1 | Rank #38,545

that place; there ; you

ため

x2 | Rank #193

good; advantage; benefit; welfare ; sake; purpose; objective; aim ; consequence; result; effect ; affecting; regarding; concerning

思(おも)う

x6 | Rank #73

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

忠(ちゅう)告(こく)

x1 | Rank #5,486

advice; warning

無(む)闇(やみ)

x1 | Rank #32,031

thoughtless; reckless; rash; indiscriminate; indiscreet ; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate; absurd

命(いのち)

x4 | Rank #427

life; life force ; lifetime; lifespan ; most important thing; foundation; core ; paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) ; fate; destiny; karma

捨(す)てる

x6 | Rank #832

to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard ; to abandon; to desert; to leave ; to give up; to resign

帰(かえ)る

x2 | Rank #202

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back ; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.) ; to get home; to get to home plate

なさる

x2 | Rank #252

to do

野(や)郎(ろう)

x1 | Rank #1,054

guy; fellow; chap; buddy ; bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch

サヤ

x1 | Rank #16,480

scabbard; sheath ; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; sleeve ; margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission ; enclosure; outer fence

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