Vocabulary list: Made in Japan

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fletcher; arrow maker; fletching; arrow-making
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best in the world
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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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company; corporation; workplace
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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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そう
Top 100
in that way; thus; so; so?
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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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(period of) a year; during an era
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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
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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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うそ
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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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you (plural); all of you; you all
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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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かげ
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behind one's back
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ぼく
Top 500
I; me; you; manservant
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こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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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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ハッタリ
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bluff
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
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だけ
Top 100
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
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saltpan; field for drying salt
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you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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sorry; excuse me; thank you
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でした
Top 200
was
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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
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うち
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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
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manufactured goods; finished goods; product
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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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だから
Top 100
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
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きゃく
Top 1100
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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する
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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
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entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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さけ
Top 1600
alcohol; sake
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しゃ
Top 3000
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
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