Vocabulary list: OBSTACLE Series - Volume 1

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morning; a.m.
7
ten o'clock
5
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
1
Tokyo Bay
23
west coast; west bank
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
800
lightning
5
phenomenon
5
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
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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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のぼ
Top 4100
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
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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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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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report; information
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どう
Top 4700
the same; the said; likewise
4
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
3
Tokyo
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eastern part; the east (of a region)
4
each place; various places
13
automatic door
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Top 100
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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working; in operation; running; active
1
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
1
train; electric train
1
とびら
Top 1400
door; gate; opening; title page
7
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
14
など
Top 200
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
3
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
11
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
1
injured person; wounded person; casualty
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
1
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
7
automatic; intransitive verb
3
Top 1600
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
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という
Top 100
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
124
なお
Top 9000
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
11
aforementioned; above-mentioned
1
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
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Top 2000
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
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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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ふせ
Top 2000
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
2
この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
113
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
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Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
149
かた
Top 400
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
5
Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
440
Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
304
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
2