Vocabulary list: Ichiro

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とき
Top 200
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
35
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
793
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
2
かつて
Top 1100
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
3
three generations; three periods; third generation
2
general; shogun
5
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
2
Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
539
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
3
once a year
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
1013
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
67
system; institution; organization; organisation
2
various countries; various regions; various provinces
3
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
9
たち
Top 200
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
28
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
3
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.
625
pressure; oppression; suppression
2
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
5
そのため
Top 1000
hence; for that reason
5
simplification
2
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
9
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
2
であ
Top 100
be; is
54
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
2
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
2
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
1
ここ
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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
54
Top 24600
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
18
くに
Top 600
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
7
西にし
Top 2000
west
3
ぐん
Top 13600
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
1
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
1
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
12
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
24
いえ
Top 200
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
27
にも
Top 100
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
15
fixed date; settlement date
11
せま
Top 1100
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
2
wherein; therein; thereinto
1
Top 8600
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
109
から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
65
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
16
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
549
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
1
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
7
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
4
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
7
duty; role; function
2