Vocabulary list: Kafka no Tokyo Zetsubou Nikki - Episode 1

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chimes; toll of a bell
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questioner; interrogator; interpellator
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overload
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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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あなた
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you; dear; honey
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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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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
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please (give me); please (do for me)
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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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ねん
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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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I; me
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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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Prague (Czech Republic)
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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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lecture; address; speech
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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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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
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とき
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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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かれ
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he; him; boyfriend
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きゃく
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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
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として
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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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んだ
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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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そこ
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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
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から
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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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we
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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
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とは
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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
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ですか
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indicates question
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complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
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nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
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シンプル
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simple; plain
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です
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be; is
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despair; hopelessness
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ため
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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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to be born; to come into the world
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man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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