Vocabulary list: Little Miss Sumo

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weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
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sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
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Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
40
Shinto ritual
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として
Top 200
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
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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
48
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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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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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
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man; male; masculine gender
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しか
Top 200
only; nothing but
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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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ので
Top 200
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
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その
Top 100
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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tradition; convention
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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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きら
Top 1700
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
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ひと
Top 100
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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name; given name; first name
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いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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こん
Top 5500
this
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です
Top 100
be; is
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primary school; elementary school; grade school
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one year; some time ago
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せい
Top 2600
life; living; I; me; student
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とき
Top 200
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
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そこ
Top 100
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
1
three years
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くらい
Top 200
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
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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
4
boy; man; male
2
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
1
unbeatable; unbeaten; invincible
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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referee (in sumo)
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hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!
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audience; spectator; spectators
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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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Top 1000
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
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(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
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プロ
Top 3800
professional
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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とか
Top 100
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
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comparatively; relatively
1
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
1