Vocabulary list: OBSTACLE Series - Volume 4

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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つき
Top 1100
moon; month
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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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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
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まち
Top 1400
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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although I say; although one might say; although called
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brink; outer edge
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
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だった
Top 100
was; were
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mouth of river; estuary
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から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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Top 7600
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
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沿
Top 7400
along
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footpath; walkway; sidewalk
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in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
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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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かり
Top 3500
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
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なか
Top 100
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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へと
Top 600
to; towards; for
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to face; to go towards; to head towards
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to walk
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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grey; gray; ashen
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uniform
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あき
Top 2500
autumn; fall
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night wind
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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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かた
Top 700
shoulder
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
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かみ
Top 600
hair (on the head)
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Top 3300
to rock; to shake; to swing
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ながら
Top 100
while; during; while; although; all; both
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she; her; girlfriend
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かわ
Top 1100
river; stream; River; the ... river
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にお
Top 1500
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
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うみ
Top 800
sea; ocean; waters
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Top 3400
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
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かぜ
Top 800
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
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すご
Top 3100
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
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