Vocabulary list: Shinsekai Yori - Volume 1

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New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
6
より
Top 200
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
73
上うえ
Top 200
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
78
Yusuke Kishi (1959.1.3-; novelist)
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全ぜん
Top 1600
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
3
巻かん
Top 6500
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
1
table of contents; contents
3
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
2
の
Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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season; time of year
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夏なつ
Top 1300
summer
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闇やみ
Top 1800
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
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中なか
Top 100
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
174
continued
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deep autumn (when the autumn has reached its climax)
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冬ふゆ
Top 1700
winter
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distant thunder
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下した
Top 400
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
26
world-destroying conflagration
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に
Top 100
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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燃もえる
Top 1700
to burn; to get fired up
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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.)
380
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
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は
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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さん
Top 100
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
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捧ささぐ
Top 40200
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
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late at night
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辺あたり
Top 1900
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
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が
Top 100
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
3204
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
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なる
Top 100
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
445
から
Top 100
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
669
椅い子す
Top 1800
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
4
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
27
to sit (down)
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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
11
見みる
Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
322
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
21
浮うかぶ
Top 1100
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
14
来くる
Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
347
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
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いつも
Top 200
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
13
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
41
scene; spectacle; sight; view
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だ
Top 100
be; is
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お
Top 100
honorific/polite/humble prefix
41
堂どう
Top 6100
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
5
darkness; the dark
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を
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.
3186
バック
Top 9200
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
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