Vocabulary list: Taira no Kiyomori - Episode 16

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recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
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maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
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いつか
Top 900
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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ので
Top 200
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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ござ
Top 1500
to be
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Top 100
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
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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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Top 100
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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Top 3100
why; how
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Top 11800
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
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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.
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Top 3500
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
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のか
Top 100
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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Top 8800
warrior; samurai
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Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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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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Top 2500
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
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baby; infant
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cry; crying voice
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ほら
Top 600
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
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この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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Top 300
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
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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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そう
Top 100
in that way; thus; so; so?
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もう
Top 1500
to say; to be called; to do
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Top 300
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
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sounds
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Kiyomori (shogun)
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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
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Top 1000
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
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ゆえ
Top 3600
reason; cause; circumstances
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Top 100
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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おお
Top 800
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
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テーマ
Top 6600
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
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music
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singing voice; (sound of) singing
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うま
Top 1600
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
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neigh; whinny; bray
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Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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destruction; disruption; (application) crash
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おと
Top 200
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
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Fujiwara No Tadamichi (1097-1164)
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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
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じゃ
Top 500
then; well; so; be; is
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Top 100
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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