Vocabulary list: 99-nen no Ai: Japanese Americans - Episode 5

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(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
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emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
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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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generation; the world; the age
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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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Top 1200
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
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family; members of a family
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あい
Top 1000
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
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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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outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
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wars; disturbances
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Top 2500
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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いえ
Top 200
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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その
Top 100
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
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Japan
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へと
Top 600
to; towards; for
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to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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さち
Top 49100
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
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そして
Top 100
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
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to detain; to take into custody
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しま
Top 100
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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あなた
Top 200
you; dear; honey
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さらに
Top 600
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
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Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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concentration camp
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isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
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freedom; liberty
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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
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この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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くに
Top 600
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
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ため
Top 100
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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アメリカ
Top 2800
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
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ぐん
Top 3100
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
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enlistment
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こと
Top 100
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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decision; determination; resolution
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military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
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