Vocabulary list: The Enormous Turnip 大きなかぶ - Beginner Japanese 日本語初級

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これ
Top 100
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
4
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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かぶ
Top 24700
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
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です
Top 100
be; is
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white
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まる
Top 3800
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
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vegetable
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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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big; large; great
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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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story; tale; talk; discussion
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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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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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しろ
Top 1600
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
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あお
Top 2100
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
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あか
Top 1700
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
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どこ
Top 200
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
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くに
Top 600
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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national flag
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ですか
Top 200
indicates question
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ロシア
Top 7500
Russia
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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
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grandfather; male senior-citizen
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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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Top 100
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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たね
Top 4400
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
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Top 6500
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
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つち
Top 2100
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
2
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
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may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
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おいし
Top 1500
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
2
Top 2200
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
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ながら
Top 100
while; during; while; although; all; both
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day after day; day by day
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to take care of
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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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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
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どんどん
Top 1100
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
2
もっと
Top 200
(some) more; even more; longer; further
1
huge; gigantic; enormous
1
Top 100
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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よし
Top 900
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
1
Top 1200
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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alone; by oneself; on one's own
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する
Top 100
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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よいしょ
Top 4400
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
12
Top 1000
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
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