Vocabulary list: Grave of the Fireflies

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だい
Top 1600
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
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だん
Top 5000
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
2
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
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ねん
Top 300
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
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twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
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よる
Top 300
evening; night; dinner
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ぼく
Top 500
I; me; you; manservant
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Top 200
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
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おっと
Top 2300
uh-oh; oops; sorry
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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
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Top 100
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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なぁ
Top 1400
hey; say; look
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おい
Top 600
hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me
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Top 300
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
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つけ
Top 400
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
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かい
Top 1400
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
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Top 100
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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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
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Top 100
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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U.S. forces; American military
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Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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もうすぐ
Top 1800
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
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Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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even though; despite; when
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はじ
Top 5200
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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Top 100
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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えき
Top 2200
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
1
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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こんなん
Top 19100
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
1
Top 300
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
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かあ
Top 24500
mother
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ちゃん
Top 500
suffix for familiar person
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いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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what day; how many days
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なん
Top 200
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
12
また
Top 100
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
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うん
Top 500
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
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ああ
Top 500
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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ああ
Top 1100
like that; so
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なに
Top 100
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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これ
Top 100
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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ほっと
Top 6100
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
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ええ
Top 500
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
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こちら
Top 300
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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やつ
Top 600
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
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Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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