Non Non Biyori - Vocabulary

talk; speech; chat; conversation ; topic; subject ; discussions; negotiation; argument ; rumor; talk; hearsay ; tale; story; fable ; circumstances; particulars

話(はなし)話(ばなし)

x5 | Rank #28,495

small talk

番(ばん)

x16 | Rank #729

number (in a series) ; (one's) turn ; watch; guard; lookout ; rank; standing; position ; bout; match ; pieces (in a collection)

初(しょ)期(き)

x6 | Rank #9,262

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

１０００万

x1 | Rank #9,699

10,000,000; ten million

円(えん)

x40 | Rank #524

yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle

あー

x276 | Rank #398

ah!; oh!; alas! ; yes; indeed; that is correct ; aah; gah; argh ; hey!; yo! ; uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

れんげ

x462 | Rank #16,389

lotus flower ; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus) ; china spoon ; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

ちゃん

x608 | Rank #54

suffix for familiar person

ダー

x124 | Rank #964

darling

遊(あそ)ぶ

x146 | Rank #764

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time ; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.) ; to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused ; to meet up (with friends); to hang out ; to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.) ; to go to (for pleasure or for study) ; to tease (someone); to play (with) ; to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

あそぶ

x4 | Rank #12,864

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time ; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.) ; to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused ; to meet up (with friends); to hang out ; to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.) ; to go to (for pleasure or for study) ; to tease (someone); to play (with) ; to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

に

x3069 | 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

来(く)る

x197 | Rank #90

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

くる

x392 | Rank #63

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

ん

x1770 | Rank #23

yes; yeah; uh huh ; huh?; what? ; not ; 's; of; belonging to ; at (place, time); in; on; during

今(いま)

x156 | Rank #68

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

る

x129 | Rank #647

exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

ー

x639 | Rank #156

long-vowel mark

あら

x18 | Rank #532

oh!; ah!; oh no

しおり

x50 | Rank #10,303

bookmark ; guidebook

前(さき)

x140 | 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

くれる

x125 | Rank #84

to give; to let (one) have ; to give ; to do for one; to take the trouble to do ; to do to someone's disadvantage

お姉(ねえ)ちゃん

x17 | Rank #796

older sister ; lass; young lady

あ

x427 | Rank #42

ah; oh ; hey!

ママ

x13 | Rank #599

as (it is); remaining (in a state); keeping (the same); leaving (unchanged) ; with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as ; as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to ; sic

ちゃ

x27 | Rank #530

tea ; tea plant (Camellia sinensis) ; tea preparation; making tea ; brown ; mockery

んー

x120 | Rank #1,341

hm; um ; huh?; what? ; nuh-uh; no

この

x472 | Rank #27

this ; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this ; you (as in "you liar")

は

x3589 | Rank #2

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

迷子(まいご)

x26 | Rank #5,002

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

の

x7187 | 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

送(おく)る

x35 | Rank #646

to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit ; to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take ; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury ; to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live ; to pass (on, along); to advance (a runner) ; to affix (okurigana)

ありがとう

x27 | Rank #222

thank you; thanks

ねー

x419 | Rank #338

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 ...

ね

x560 | 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 ...

いえいえ

x5 | Rank #2,593

no!; no no!; no, not at all

なの

x225 | Rank #97

that's the way it is; yes ; is that so?; is it?

いい

x602 | Rank #30

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

宮(く)内(ない)

x103 | Rank #26,407

inside the Imperial Palace ; Department of the Imperial Household

れん

x260 | Rank #3,019

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper) ; stanza; verse ; tribe (in taxonomy) ; forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet) ; party; company; group; set ; things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. ; falcon

ケ

x58 | Rank #3,085

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

が

x3102 | 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

旭丘

x384 | Rank #39,065

Asaoka ; Asahioka ; Asahigaoka

分(ぶん)校(こう)

x411 | Rank #20,571

branch school

最(さい)年(ねん)少(しょう)

x78 | Rank #24,995

youngest

小(しょう)学(がく)

x203 | Rank #9,785

elementary school; primary school; grade school ; school for children over eight years old in ancient China ; traditional Chinese philology

１(いち)年(ねん)生(せい)

x234 | Rank #5,566

first-year student; first-year pupil ; beginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year ; annual ; annual plant

何(なん)回(かい)

x6 | Rank #5,199

how many times

呼(よ)ぶ

x64 | Rank #348

to call out (to); to call; to invoke ; to summon (a doctor, etc.) ; to invite ; to designate; to name; to brand ; to garner (support, etc.); to gather ; to take as one's wife

て

x693 | Rank #21

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 ...

も

x1994 | 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

甘(かん)美(び)

x1 | Rank #20,931

sweet (taste); luscious ; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant; mellow; mellifluous

響(ひび)き

x4 | Rank #5,189

echo; reverberation ; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise ; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

言(こと)葉(ば)

x40 | Rank #192

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

な

x679 | Rank #32

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

のん

x579 | Rank #5,782

indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

はい

x156 | 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

また

x137 | Rank #105

again; once more; once again; another time; some other time ; also; too; as well; likewise ; on the other hand; while ; and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore ; or; otherwise ; really; how; (what, why) on earth ; indirect

なる

x328 | 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

ように

x143 | Rank #77

like; as ; so that; in order that; so as to; in order to ; be sure to ; I hope (that); I pray (that); may

家(け)

x77 | Rank #645

house; family

近(ちか)く

x47 | Rank #683

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

まで

x257 | Rank #60

until (a time); till; to; up to ; to (a place or person); as far as ; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even ; only; merely

こんど

x1 | Rank #7,078

this time; now ; next time; another time; shortly; soon ; recently; lately; the other day

妹(いもうと)

x53 | Rank #580

younger sister

産(う)まれる

x3 | Rank #9,873

to be born

何(なに)

x370 | 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)

する

x900 | 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

ボール

x48 | Rank #1,097

ball ; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone)

ある

x417 | Rank #36

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

から

x1245 | 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

投(な)げ

x7 | Rank #11,067

throw; throwing ; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up ; selling at a loss; sell-off; shakeout

でも

x343 | Rank #39

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

なん

x145 | Rank #210

what ; how many ; many; a lot of ; several; a few; some

なー

x526 | Rank #585

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?

散(さん)歩(ぽ)

x11 | Rank #3,051

walk; stroll

じゃあ

x380 | Rank #116

then; well; so; well then

じゃ

x297 | Rank #47

then; well; so; well then

で

x2436 | Rank #10

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

ない

x414 | Rank #35

nonexistent; not being (there) ; unowned; not had; unpossessed ; unique ; not; impossible; won't happen ; not ; to not be; to have not

子(こ)

x105 | Rank #221

child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg

散(ばら)

x5 | Rank #19,800

loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items ; coins; small change

歩(ほ)

x14 | Rank #1,639

step; stride ; counter for steps