Vocabulary list: 何が私をこうさせたか ――獄中手記――

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correction; looking over; touching up
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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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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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I; me
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hope; wish; aspiration
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money; funds
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くり
Top 14200
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
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はら
Top 5700
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
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あに
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older brother; elder brother
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いち
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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
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がい
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outside of; not covered by
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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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かなり
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considerably; fairly; quite
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technique; finesse
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
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など
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et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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しかし
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however; but
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ほう
Top 200
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
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みんな
Top 1400
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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fact; truth; reality
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
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そして
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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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であ
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be; is
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ところ
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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
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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.
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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
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だから
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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
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する
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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
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wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
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literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
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to the last; persistency; thoroughness
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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
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ような
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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
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