Vocabulary list: Selection - Volume 1

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fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
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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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paradise; Eden; Elysium
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はね
Top 3700
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
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Top 2300
rice field
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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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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
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near at hand
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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
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aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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jet aeroplane; jet airplane
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is not; am not; are not
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いつも
Top 200
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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くせ
Top 2600
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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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 request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
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ground hostess (female passenger attendant at an airport)
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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machine parts; machinery; equipment
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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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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
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ため
Top 3100
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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to answer; to reply
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しかも
Top 600
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
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かん
Top 1300
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
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not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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のに
Top 100
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
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in-flight meal
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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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ちょうど
Top 1100
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
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noon; lunch time
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はさ
Top 2000
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
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フライト
Top 36000
flight; fright
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time; hour; period; class
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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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airport
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light meal
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purchase; buy
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one hour
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はん
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half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
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even though; despite; when
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first; first base; first baseman; fast
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まで
Top 100
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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