Vocabulary list: B: The Beginning

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Hoshino
1
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
1
すご
Top 500
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
9
Top 100
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
122
きみ
Top 500
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
27
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
570
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
2
Top 100
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
789
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
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じゃ
Top 500
then; well; so; be; is
85
そんな
Top 100
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
14
こと
Top 100
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
105
Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
163
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
86
のか
Top 100
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
43
んん
Top 1400
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
21
うわ
Top 1500
yikes; oops; eep; wow
27
Top 200
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
32
まだ
Top 100
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
30
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
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Top 100
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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なら
Top 100
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
41
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
18
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
8
ああ
Top 500
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
95
さば
Top 15600
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
1
Top 100
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
207
ヘンリー
Top 27100
henry (unit of inductance)
3
はぁ
Top 3100
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
53
Top 100
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
54
あんパン
Top 49500
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
8
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
3
Top 100
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
15
good morning
3
さん
Top 100
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
7
おはよう
Top 1700
good morning
3
あの
Top 100
that; those; the
43
パン
Top 2000
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
6
Top 100
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.
471
ごめん
Top 600
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
6
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
1
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
1
another time; some other time
1
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
12
けど
Top 500
but; however; although
43
mother; mom; mum; wife
1
かあ
Top 24500
mother
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Top 4800
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
2
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
2
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
9