Vocabulary list: Japan Sinks 2020

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ただいま
Top 2200
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
4
seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt
2
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
1
の
Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
487
サイン
Top 3600
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
1
が
Top 100
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
347
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
1
を
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.
201
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
2
お
Top 100
honorific/polite/humble prefix
17
締しめる
Top 3700
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
1
please (give me); please (do for me)
31
English (language)
3
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
1
Mutō
11
様さま
Top 700
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
3
physical condition; state of health; shape
1
方ほう
Top 200
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
16
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
48
でした
Top 200
was
6
か
Top 100
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
101
ええ
Top 700
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
11
ありがと
Top 2200
thank you; thanks
4
この
Top 100
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
38
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
4
は
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
403
およそ
Top 2400
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
1
分ふん
Top 1000
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
1
で
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
137
Tokyo International Airport
1
Haneda
1
に
Top 100
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
238
landing; alighting; touch down
2
いたす
Top 1100
to do
4
おおい
Top 4300
hey!; oi!; ahoy!
14
こちら
Top 300
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
19
見みる
Top 100
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
33
鳥とり
Top 2100
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
3
さん
Top 100
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
53
あら
Top 900
oh!; ah!; oh no
1
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
20
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
7
ね
Top 100
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
145
ほら
Top 700
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
11
声こえ
Top 200
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
9
出だす
Top 200
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
5
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
1
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
6
はぁ
Top 3900
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
159
four years
2