Vocabulary list: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo - Episode 1

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nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
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おと
Top 200
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
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ボブ
Top 26900
bob (haircut)
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Haruko
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sorry; excuse me; thank you
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Watts
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みみ
Top 700
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
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luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
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あなた
Top 200
you; dear; honey
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Top 300
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
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Top 100
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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Top 100
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
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Top 100
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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to be silent; to say nothing
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あの
Top 100
that; those; the
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excuse me
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English (language)
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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べらべら
Top 27600
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
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ビビ
Top 5900
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
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to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
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Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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でも
Top 100
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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Top 100
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
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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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なんか
Top 500
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
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complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
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Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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だろう
Top 100
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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けど
Top 500
but; however; although
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Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
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くらい
Top 200
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
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nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
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それ
Top 100
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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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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Japan
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ルール
Top 2300
rule
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って
Top 100
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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もの
Top 600
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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