Vocabulary list: Bitter Sugar

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sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
144
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
7
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
442
Top 800
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
1
movie; film
3
ライター
Top 13300
writer
3
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
1013
I; me
185
Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
458
novel; (short) story
4
Top 100
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
109
もの
Top 600
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
33
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.
207
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
1
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
389
(one's) life
14
なん
Top 1400
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
24
こう
Top 200
in this way; thus; such; uh...
4
んだ
Top 100
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
179
っけ
Top 1000
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
10
Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
259
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
1
Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
103
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
2
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
5
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
6
から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
143
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
185
youth film; teen movie
1
Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
44
もはや
Top 1500
already; now; no longer; not any more
7
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
5
Top 100
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
73
myself; yourself; I; me; you
37
age; years
3
to realize; to realise
1
だけど
Top 500
however
19
にも
Top 100
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
21
surely; certainly
1
こんな
Top 200
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
16
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
2
たち
Top 200
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
7
ような
Top 100
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
17
ころ
Top 700
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
13
Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
72
Top 100
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
201
だれ
Top 200
who
9
number one; first; best; most; game; round
9
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
3
marriage
70