Vocabulary list: Rurouni Kenshin 1: Origins

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bombarding; shelling; bombardment
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音おん
Top 2100
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
11
slash; slashing attack
2
soldier
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たち
Top 200
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
51
の
Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
329
angry roar; bellow
2
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
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きゃあ
Top 5300
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
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あっ
Top 700
ah; oh; hey!
36
new government; new administration
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軍ぐん
Top 1900
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
10
いる
Top 100
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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ぞ
Top 200
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
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Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
2
fresh
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ぐむ
Top 18200
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
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だ
Top 100
be; is
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Saitō
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haricot; kidney bean
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一いち
Top 600
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
1
assassination; assassin
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drawing a sword; drawn sword
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斎いみ
Top 27900
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
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ばっと
Top 21400
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
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さい
Top 13600
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
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どこ
Top 200
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
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に
Top 100
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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third; no. three
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隊たい
Top 4100
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
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boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
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readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
1
ああ
Top 100
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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victory or defeat; match; contest; game
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斬きる
Top 4000
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
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音おと
Top 300
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
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旧きゅう
Top 4600
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
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shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
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うわ
Top 1900
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
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勝かつ
Top 800
to win; to gain victory
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Imperial standard; worthy cause
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flag
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じゃ
Top 200
be; is; isn't it?
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おお
Top 900
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
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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
17
で
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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you (plural)
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は
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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rebel army
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