Non Non Biyori - Volume 1 - 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)

x3 | Rank #26,680

small talk

番(ばん)

x2 | Rank #718

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

初(しょ)期(き)

x1 | Rank #8,836

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

１０００万

x1 | Rank #8,996

10,000,000; ten million

円(えん)

x1 | Rank #495

yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle

５００

x1 | Rank #2,921

500; five hundred ; many

あー

x14 | Rank #380

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

ダー

x14 | Rank #912

darling

遊(あそ)ぶ

x20 | Rank #740

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

x1 | Rank #11,416

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

x185 | 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

x11 | Rank #89

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

x15 | Rank #61

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

x117 | Rank #22

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

今(いま)

x6 | Rank #63

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

る

x15 | Rank #616

exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

ー

x41 | Rank #157

long-vowel mark

あら

x2 | Rank #494

oh!; ah!; oh no

しおり

x12 | Rank #10,378

bookmark ; guidebook

前(さき)

x12 | Rank #123

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

x6 | Rank #80

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

x3 | Rank #778

older sister ; lass; young lady

あ

x21 | Rank #41

ah; oh ; hey!

まま

x3 | Rank #211

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

れんげ

x3 | Rank #15,170

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

ちゃ

x1 | Rank #542

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

んー

x7 | Rank #1,290

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

この

x23 | Rank #27

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

は

x148 | Rank #2

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

迷子(まいご)

x2 | Rank #4,740

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

の

x273 | 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

x2 | Rank #619

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

x1 | Rank #209

thank you; thanks

ねー

x32 | Rank #330

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

x30 | 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

x1 | Rank #2,421

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

なの

x18 | Rank #96

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

いい

x29 | Rank #29

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)

x1 | Rank #24,488

inside the Imperial Palace ; Department of the Imperial Household

れん

x5 | Rank #2,962

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

x1 | Rank #2,848

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

x103 | 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

分(ぶん)校(こう)

x27 | Rank #18,780

branch school

最(さい)年(ねん)少(しょう)

x7 | Rank #22,430

youngest

小(しょう)学(がく)

x14 | Rank #9,673

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)

x18 | Rank #5,096

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)

x1 | Rank #5,402

how many times

呼(よ)ぶ

x2 | Rank #340

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

x38 | Rank #20

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

x72 | 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 #19,025

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

響(どよめ)き

x1 | Rank #5,128

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)

x4 | Rank #198

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

な

x39 | Rank #32

greens; vegetables ; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

のん

x23 | Rank #5,309

indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

はい

x6 | Rank #50

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

x8 | Rank #104

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

x14 | Rank #43

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

近(ちか)く

x3 | Rank #680

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

まで

x14 | Rank #59

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 #8,851

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

妹(いもうと)

x4 | Rank #633

younger sister

産(う)まれる

x1 | Rank #9,126

to be born

何(なに)

x25 | Rank #30

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

x26 | Rank #19

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

x9 | Rank #1,056

ball ; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone)

ある

x26 | Rank #36

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

から

x49 | 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

x2 | Rank #10,412

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

でも

x10 | 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

x21 | Rank #206

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

なー

x32 | Rank #563

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)

x1 | Rank #3,023

walk; stroll

じゃあ

x31 | Rank #110

then; well; so; well then

じゃ

x25 | Rank #46

then; well; so; well then

で

x93 | Rank #11

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

ない

x9 | Rank #37

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

子(こ)

x9 | Rank #238

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)

x4 | Rank #24,438

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

歩(ほ)

x4 | Rank #1,728

step; stride ; counter for steps

駐(ちゅう)在(ざい)所(しょ)

x2 | Rank #44,736

police substation; residential police box

おまわりさん

x2 | Rank #16,424

police officer

娘(むすめ)

x2 | Rank #450

daughter ; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

ワンこ

x2 | Rank #17,386

dog; doggy; bow-wow

よりも

x3 | Rank #806

than; in comparison to ; rather than; over; above

し

x25 | Rank #69

and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also ; because; since ; the thing is; for one thing

飼(か)う

x3 | Rank #3,499

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

ほんとに

x1 | Rank #3,392

really; truly

よい

x4 | Rank #160

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

ううん

x1 | Rank #785

um; er; well ; nuh-uh; no ; oof