Vocabulary list: Hard Nuts!

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around the world; throughout the world
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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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almost everyone
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
1006
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
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けど
Top 500
but; however; although
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この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
102
society; the world; the times
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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.
871
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
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いくつか
Top 1900
(a) few; some; several
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numerical formula
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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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we; us
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action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
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Top 1200
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
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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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Top 400
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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どんな
Top 200
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
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ほん
Top 400
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
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だれ
Top 200
who
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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to fall in love
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まで
Top 100
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
35
someone; somebody
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Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
911
どこか
Top 300
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
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contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
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infection; contagion; becoming infected
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to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
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how can (one) do something
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strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
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baseball
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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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それら
Top 1600
those (near the second person)
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すべ
Top 1400
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
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Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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existence; being
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bang; boom; crack; sound of something exploding, bursting or cracking
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I; me
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mathematics; arithmetic
35
desperately; for one's dear life
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study; diligence; discount; reduction
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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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