Vocabulary list: Nihon no Shinwa to Kodaishi ga Yoku Wakaru Hon

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
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darkness; the dark
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おお
Top 1900
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
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しき
Top 16000
badness; evilness; bad; evil
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to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
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myriad; countless things
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あめ
Top 30500
sky
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まえ
Top 100
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
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さわ
Top 1900
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
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Top 4500
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
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Top 100
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
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Top 4800
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
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small quantity; little; little while; short distance
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Top 3900
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
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moment; second; instant
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to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
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かくして
Top 10600
thus
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to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
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to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
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to happen to meet; to come across
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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
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monster
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every year; yearly; annually
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one by one; one at a time; in turn
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さら
Top 5500
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
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this year
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end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
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clever scheme
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使
Top 7400
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
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big snake; serpent
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to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
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Top 4800
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
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three kinds; three varieties
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sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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とな
Top 300
to become; to amount to
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くさ
Top 2200
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
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Top 33300
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
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Suga
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Top 1100
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
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