Vocabulary list: 99-nen no Ai: Japanese Americans

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all; everyone; everybody
19
good evening
4
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love
1
humanity; human love
2
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.
870
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
1
Hashida Sugako (1925.5-)
1
script; screenplay; scenario
1
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
2159
この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
156
Top 700
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
1
ドラマ
Top 5900
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
1
Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
1221
this evening; tonight
11
から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
366
Top 28900
counter for nights
2
continuation; succession; series
2
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
700
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
5
きみ
Top 500
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
65
to love
17
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 ...
441
Top 100
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
213
ねん
Top 300
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
33
まえ
Top 100
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
46
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
1
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
1419
あえ
Top 18100
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
1
family; members of a family
78
ため
Top 100
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
76
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
12
Top 100
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
188
war; fighting; fierce competition
75
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
3
though; notwithstanding; although
2
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
3
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
3
アメリカ
Top 2800
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
515
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
3
Top 400
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
2
そこ
Top 100
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
25
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
1
innumerable; countless; numberless
1
あせ
Top 1600
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
3
Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
689
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
3
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
3
こと
Top 100
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
432
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
1203
あまり
Top 400
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
6