Vocabulary list: Nihonjin no Kurashi no Katachi

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in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
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stream; brook; creek
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binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
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イラスト
Top 8900
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
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Japanese person; Japanese people
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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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らし
Top 2900
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
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form; shape; figure; visage
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everything; anything; nothing
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ふる
Top 17500
old; olden
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Top 2500
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
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みぞ
Top 38000
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
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する
Top 100
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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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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しき
Top 14700
command; direction
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tedium; boredom; ennui
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くさ
Top 2200
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
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cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
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brazier; hibachi
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A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
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しゃれ
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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
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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 walk
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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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coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
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Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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とな
Top 300
to become; to amount to
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Top 500
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
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small; little; tiny
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antique shop
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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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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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いや
Top 100
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
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antique; curio
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など
Top 200
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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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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Top 100
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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もの
Top 600
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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is not; am not; are not
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ふる
Top 1200
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
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household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
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Top 100
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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musical instrument
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doll; puppet; figure
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clock; watch; timepiece
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Top 1100
to sell
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little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
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であ
Top 100
be; is
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