Vocabulary list: What is the cat doing 猫は何をしてる? - Complete Beginner Japanese 日本語超初心者

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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
3
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
32
ねこ
Top 1600
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
28
です
Top 100
be; is
3
Top 200
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
1
ですか
Top 200
indicates question
2
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
5
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
5
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
1
Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
3
Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
1
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
3
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
4
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
4
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.
17
Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
9
ながら
Top 100
while; during; while; although; all; both
2
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
2
この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
20
Top 300
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
6
Top 100
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
24
それ
Top 100
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
5
とも
Top 200
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
5
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
8
I; me
5
いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
10
Top 1500
chair; stool; post; office; position
2
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
3
all; everyone; everybody
4
ソファ
Top 3700
sofa; couch
1
なに
Top 100
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
7
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.)
6
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.)
9
Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
3
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
1
to walk
4
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
8
たち
Top 1400
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
1
one animal (small)
2
Top 100
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
2
ひき
Top 3400
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
2
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
1
テレビ
Top 2000
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
1
パソコン
Top 4700
personal computer; PC
2
どう
Top 100
how; in what way; how about
1
スマホ
Top 8200
smartphone; smart phone
1
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
1
to talk; to chat; to chatter
1
Japanese (language)
1
study; diligence; discount; reduction
1