Vocabulary list: Nihon no Shinwa to Kodaishi ga Yoku Wakaru Hon

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
2
こと
Top 100
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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はち
Top 1600
eight; 8
63
Top 600
two; 2
40
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
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よん
Top 1400
four
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には
Top 100
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
26
to finish; to graduate
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to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
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りょう
Top 2500
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
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しょ
Top 3800
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
16
ancient history
14
study; research; investigation
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うえ
Top 200
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
20
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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Top 6500
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
3
precious; valuable
1
materials; data; document
1
でも
Top 100
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
29
Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
194
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
11
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
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Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
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to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
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まず
Top 400
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
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その
Top 100
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
5
preface; foreword; introduction
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Top 1000
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
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それ
Top 100
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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によると
Top 2600
according to (someone)
16
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
13
みかど
Top 8600
emperor (of Japan); mikado
10
Top 20000
period; Nihon-shoki
21
powerful family; powerful clan
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handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
22
きゅう
Top 4600
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
6
Top 33100
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
7
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
4
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
25
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
1
それら
Top 1600
those (near the second person)
4
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
2
Hiedanoare
4
という
Top 100
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
399
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
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to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
1
after that; afterwards; thereafter
48
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
14