Vocabulary list: The Tortoise and the Hare うさぎとかめ - Beginner Japanese 日本語初級

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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ウサギ
Top 8300
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
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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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かめ
Top 33200
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
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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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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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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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これ
Top 100
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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です
Top 100
be; is
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to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
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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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はや
Top 1200
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
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whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
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とても
Top 300
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
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レース
Top 5300
race
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competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
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ここ
Top 100
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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スタート
Top 4700
start
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ゴール
Top 5800
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
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ready, go!; race
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Top 900
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
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Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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もと
Top 1300
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
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Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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rest; break; recess; intermission
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Top 600
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
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しま
Top 100
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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ぐうぐう
Top 38500
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
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space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
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Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
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まだ
Top 100
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
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to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
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Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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びっくり
Top 2100
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
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わあ
Top 1800
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
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to be surprised; to be astonished
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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
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でも
Top 100
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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Top 700
to win; to gain victory
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number one; first; best; most; game; round
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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
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second; number two; runner-up
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Top 100
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
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