links two nouns, usually meaning “of” or “’s”
Also means: marks an explanatory statement · links a time phrase to a noun: “from/of that time” · nominalizer: turns a clause into a noun phrase
927 words · Story levels: A0–B2
Including: の · する · に · て · は
の · no
links two nouns, usually meaning “of” or “’s”
links two nouns, usually meaning “of” or “’s”
Also means: marks an explanatory statement · links a time phrase to a noun: “from/of that time” · nominalizer: turns a clause into a noun phrase

do
Also means: feel / seem · part of として meaning “as” · try or be about to do
at/in
Also means: to · to / toward · as / into
marks quoted words
Also means: emphatic “you mean …?!” marker · what kind of · adjective linker: and/because
topic marker
Also means: as for · part of the negative copula “ではない” · huh?
subject marker
Also means: but · object marker with potential verbs · particle marking the preferable option in “it’s better to…”
marks the direct object
Also means: particle marking the place or route traversed · marks the place left · particle marking the direction faced or turned toward

look at
Also means: look · look/see · watch

be present
Also means: be located · be absent · remain
attributive linker before a noun
Also means: be (copula) · expresses wondering or deliberation · oh
not be
Also means: not exist; be absent · not · isn't it?

become
Also means: be a concern · come to; start to · be decided
at/in (marks where an action occurs)
Also means: marks the reason or means · marks how an action is performed · be (in a polite copula)
question marker
Also means: someone/something · part of an expression meaning “may/might” · oh, I see

say
Also means: not have said · such · that (nominalizing the preceding clause)
and; also (adding a reason or fact)
Also means: not as if…
marks quoted or thought content
Also means: when · and · with
be (polite copula)
Also means: polite sentence ending after an adjective · polite question ending · is said

come
Also means: come and … · has arrived · not come

be able to
Also means: come into existence or be made
be
Also means: was/were · is that …

exist
Also means: is not present · certain · take place
sentence-final particle emphasizing or asserting the statement
Also means: to emphasize a command or prohibition · O
also / too
Also means: part of an expression meaning “may” or “might” · not even · makes a question word mean “any” or “whatever”

go out
Also means: came out · appear · answer the phone
right?
Also means: know · hey · please

may
Also means: good · no, thank you · be right

shelf

think
Also means: think that · intend to · hope

do it
Also means: how · want to do · if/when doing it
from
Also means: because · after that · so

go
Also means: intend to go · want to go · not have gone

consider
Also means: think · think, then · if one thinks
ハルカは練習するたびに、田中さんのことを考えました。
Every time Haruka practiced, she thought about Mr. Tanaka.
合唱団が最後に選んだ誰も知らない曲 · A2suffix forming a noun for a quality or degree
Also means: know · casual sentence-ending particle adding emphasis

thing
Also means: act of doing something · fact · matters concerning someone

know
Also means: find out · know, and · want to know

understand
Also means: know / be sure · be discernible
and others
Also means: is (kansai dialect) · emphatic particle · o

person
Also means: counter for people · person who performs an action · person from a group or place

enter
Also means: be inside · be received (of a signal) · to please

be present
Also means: stay · remain that way · continue to be

one
Also means: first


hold or carry
Also means: have · bear a grudge

put into
Also means: let in · add · obtain

eat
Also means: eat, then … · do not eat · cannot eat

ask
Also means: listen to · irrealis form of 聞く before an auxiliary · want to listen or hear
sentence-final particle expressing soft assertion or emotion, often feminine
Also means: colloquial masculine sentence-final particle asserting a statement

day
Also means: day of the month

two
wonder
Also means: probably · right?

use something
Also means: be using something · not use · not use someone
colloquial quotation marker
Also means: as for …
so
Also means: yes · that way · such
but

take out
Also means: serve food · make a sound · submit
conditional marker: “if/when”
Also means: part of the “should …” construction · conditional marker in the “must/need to” construction · according to
too; excessively
Also means: elapse · be over a certain age · pass

walk
Also means: on foot · be walking · not walk
is not
Also means: is · not be · with only …

three
Also means: third · class 3 · march

three
as if
Also means: like · come to (do) · so that
昔の友達ではなくなったように感じた」健太はかばんから青いノートを出した。
I felt as though we were no longer old friends.” Kenta took a blue notebook out of his bag.
同窓会で一人だけ旧姓を呼ばなかった友人 · A2
write
Also means: haven’t written · be writing · write- (stem before “if”)

i'm glad
Also means: was good · would have been better · good

year
Also means: grade · age · marker for a decade or era

speak
Also means: want to speak · if/when someone tells someone · not tell
that
Also means: itself

something
Also means: what · anything · why
as if; seeming to
Also means: like · seem to remember
先週の木曜、先生がレッスン中にどこかぼんやりされていたような気がして。
Last Thursday, during the lesson, I had a feeling he was somewhat absent-minded.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1only
Also means: just · just; merely · how much
when
Also means: o’clock · then · life stage
うーん、私にはわからなかった💦先月お見舞いに行ったとき、きれいだと思ってたわ。
Hmm, I couldn't tell 💦 When I went to visit last month, I thought they were beautiful.
お見舞いの花が全部偽物だった · A2to
Also means: even · by
looks/seems [adjective]
Also means: seems about to
right?
Also means: oh, right · remember?

make a phone call
Also means: spend time · to call out to someone · care about

month
Also means: moon

quit
Also means: quit and … · stop and … · stop
right?
Also means: polite question ending · perhaps · really?
might
Also means: be unable to know

not forget
Also means: forget · be unable to forget · want to forget
that / it
Also means: then
better to
Also means: person (polite) · (in comparison) · way
purpose
Also means: for the sake of · because of

now
Also means: just now

be careful
Also means: give a score · target · be unable to name

one
Also means: number one

make
to / toward
Also means: marks what a feeling is directed toward · marks what something is converted into

four
Also means: fourth

mr./ms
Also means: -san (polite honorific suffix)

ah

ago
Also means: in front of · before doing · before

be located; exist
Also means: happen · have · found it

five
Also means: may

be awake
Also means: happen · wake up

said
Also means: be called

take
Also means: take a photo · for someone; from their perspective · be photographed
one’s own
Also means: oneself · I

time

alone
Also means: one
I
Also means: me · (informal masculine)

after
Also means: later · left · also
part of について, meaning “about”
Also means: be marked as read · before I knew it · irreparable
早速で申し訳ないんですが、テーブルの席について聞いていいですか?
I am sorry for jumping right in, but regarding the table seating can I ask a question?
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2
was not there
Also means: was not · did not want to · there was no other choice
than
Also means: rather than · from

place
Also means: just after · be in the middle of · situation

high
Also means: was expensive · tall · likely
電波が入らないから、スマホを高い岩に向けて投げたそうです。
Because there was no signal, it seems he threw his smartphone toward a high rock.
猟師の父から届く位置情報だけ · A2
feeling
Also means: care · concern · inclination

read
Also means: read and… · when/if reading · don't read

return
Also means: return/go home (linking to the next action)

meet someone
Also means: want to meet someone · meet · let someone meet

answer
Also means: not answer · be able to answer
仲間が「描かないことも、地図の仕事ですか」と聞くと、忠敬は答えました。
When a companion asked, “Is not drawing also part of making a map?”, Tadataka answered.
伊能忠敬が地図に描かなかった小島 · A2already
Also means: anymore · more · again

again
Also means: another · see you again

disappear
Also means: fade out · not disappear · be drowned out

eye
Also means: look · ordinal suffix · suffix marking the first item in a sequence

wait
Also means: be waiting · please wait · make someone wait

please give me
Also means: please

first day of the month
Also means: day

many
Also means: often
expresses obligation after “ないと”
Also means: can go · must not · not being able to go
最後だから、みんなに挨拶もしないといけない。
Since it's the last day, I have to say goodbye to everyone.
定年退職の日に会社の引き出しから他人の辞表が出てきた · A2
story
Also means: matter · topic of conversation · conversation

give me

ah
Also means: oh · stammered “a” · ah, what a relief

send
Also means: was sending · not send · have sent

change

throw away
Also means: don’t throw it away · do not throw away · be thrown away

begin

fall
Also means: fall onto something (of light)

so far
Also means: before now
おじいさんは今まで一度も電話をしませんでした。
Grandfather (subject) until now never / not even once did not call.
祖父が初めて電話をかけてきた夜 · A1
eight
Also means: eight years · august · eighth

end
Also means: finish
our
Also means: we · us

well
Also means: often · favorably · good (before “not”)

six

put
Also means: leave an interval

letter

yen

like
Also means: to have romantic feelings for someone

change
Also means: remain unchanged

go away
沼がなくなると、私もいなくなる」健二は驚きました。
If the swamp disappears, I also will disappear." Kenji was surprised.
沼の河童と禁じられた石 · A1
show
Also means: if one shows · show me, please · want to show

two
Also means: second · second-year
plural or group suffix
know
Also means: come on

university

on top of
Also means: above · from a structural standpoint
time
Also means: inning · edition

heard
Also means: ask · listen to

someone
Also means: who · nobody · anyone
work out
Also means: go all out · wasn’t getting along well · go

find

shop

like

necessary
Also means: be necessary · need

went
国道から来て、峠の方向へ行った。
Came from the highway, and went towards the mountain pass.
無人駅の駅ノートに今日の日付で書き込みがある · A2
two of them
Also means: two of them together · for two people

laugh
Also means: smile · mock · don’t laugh

book
Also means: counter for long, slender objects

other
Also means: else

everyone
Also means: all of them

begin
Also means: be underway

bad
Also means: creepy · on bad terms · impaired
you
Also means: your

work
Also means: function
only (used with a negative)

oh, I see
Also means: yeah · that way

die
Also means: not die
i/me (masculine or boyish)

prefectural
Also means: prefecture

still
Also means: not yet · only

problem

zero

name
(tower designation)
Also means: subcategory A

drink
Also means: hold one’s breath · make someone drink

cute
Also means: is cute

draw or paint
Also means: depict · be depicted

hand
Also means: obtain · control · touch or use (money)
about
Also means: dark · is dark · as much as

lose

town
Also means: city
and
Also means: then

move
Also means: take action · work · be moved

three
Also means: third · march

relevance
Also means: relationship

today
Also means: today’s

return
Also means: return to an earlier state

wear
Also means: set fire to · turn on/start · mark as read
鬼の面をつけた人が、太鼓の音を聞いておどります。
A person wearing a demon mask dances to the sound of the drum.
佐渡の鬼太鼓に入った新しい音 · A1
ride or board a vehicle
Also means: not ride or board a vehicle · get on · ride

be scared
Also means: scary

stand
Also means: stand up · be skilled

hand over
Also means: if [one] hands/gives · not hand over · want to hand over

car

money
Also means: gold
should I/we do
Also means: choose it · do (volitional form)

remain
Also means: stay · be left over · linger

at work
Also means: while at work

decide
that
Also means: um · excuse me

where
Also means: somewhere · anywhere · somehow

period of time
Also means: brief pause · space between · between

open
Also means: hold an event · pause to occur

woman
Also means: girls’

person
Also means: human being
先輩のことを気にしてる人間がいるって、伝えたい
There's someone who cares about him, that's what I want to convey.
誰も知らない先輩の引退理由 · A2
next
Also means: next time

be big/large (polite)
Also means: big · wide · loudly

many times
Also means: several times · which time in order
mr./ms. (honorific suffix)
Also means: honorific suffix for a deity

place
um
あのー... リオさん... あのお店、ありません!どこですか?!えー!
Um... Rio... That shop isn't here! Where is it?! Huh!
同じ骨董市で同じ皿を買った · A1again
Also means: even once · once · time
just
Also means: however · only · free
私はただ、薬の場所を確認したかっただけなんです。
I just, the location of the medicine wanted to confirm.
シェアハウスの冷蔵庫に誰かの名前で薬が入っている · A2
immediately
Also means: soon

years old

meaning

be crying
Also means: stem of “to cry” before そう · cry · not cry

go to sleep
Also means: slept · go to bed / sleep

notice
Also means: not notice · if someone does not notice

together
Also means: same
there
Also means: that part
you
Also means: your
class B

business
Also means: while it is still so · family · group

sell
Also means: want to sell · did not sell

interesting
Also means: funny

be happy
Also means: happy

first
Also means: forward · beforehand · tip

no
Also means: bad · not allowed · not working

more

return; give back
Also means: return · keep returning · not retaliate

thing
Also means: possession · itself · expresses a general fact

face
Also means: facial expression

take time
Also means: hang over or cover · be locked

ten
Also means: about ten

little
Also means: slightly · little by little

receive

voice
Also means: address someone · remark · animal call
one
Also means: guy

company
Also means: workplace · work
please
Also means: request

difficult

ten

twelve

fifteen

last
Also means: end · last one · last time

mind
Also means: head

always
Also means: usual · as usual · word “いつも”

heart
Also means: sincerely
suffix for a storage cabinet

run
Also means: that runs · be running · shoot through
with ... still
Also means: as is · mother

move forward
Also means: has progressed, hasn't it? · advance to the next school level
we/us
Also means: this one here · side · our

night

place
Also means: proper place

other
Also means: different · not particularly

student in a specified school year

most
Also means: farthest · first
conditional form of “do” before ば

long
Also means: for a long time

side

okay
Also means: fine

great
Also means: best

both
Also means: at least · particle marking alternatives · along with

first
Also means: at first · beginning

method

throw
Also means: throwing, linking to the next clause · if/when someone throws · be able to throw
know
Also means: thing

cake mold
Also means: pattern · mold

many

musical piece

impossible
Also means: overexert oneself

bought
市場で買ったタコを、かごに入れていました。
She had put the octopus she bought at the market into a basket.
タコを持ってガジュマルに近づくな · A1
ordinary
Also means: just as expected

quickly
Also means: early · fast

water

make a mistake
Also means: by mistake

as expected
Also means: still

every day
what?
Also means: something

number
Also means: turn · keeper

hit something
Also means: fall on · come up against someone
definitely
Also means: never

for the first time
Also means: first time · only then

school
really
Also means: true; real · actually

teacher
Also means: mr · doctor

feeling
Also means: pleasant · disgusting
well…
Also means: well, okay · oh · guess
まあ、他にもポニーテールの子いるんじゃないの
Well, besides you, aren't there other girls with ponytails?
地元の祭りに自分のそっくりさんが参加していた · A2all

new
Also means: new one · newly

be surprised
Also means: surprised · must have been surprised (respectful)

protect
Also means: obey · keep a promise

behind
Also means: back

strange
Also means: funny · crazy
probably

outside

delicious
Also means: delicious, in the -く form
both
Also means: either one · who (polite) · which of the two

small
Also means: quiet or soft · quietly · in small lettering
all along
Also means: much · much farther

color
Also means: trace

wind
Also means: style

twenty
Also means: twentieth
very much (with negation)
of course

turn toward
Also means: if you feel like it · be suited to

choose
Also means: was chosen

very
Also means: terrible · difficult
お知らせするのが遅くなってしまい、大変申し訳ありません。
I am late in letting you know, and I am deeply sorry.
亡き父の携帯に今もメッセージが届く · B1
pray
Also means: move in time with · coordinate with others · meet face-to-face
人々はそこへ詣でるとき、神がいないことを知りながらも手を合わせる。
When people visit there to pray, they press their hands together even while knowing the god is not there.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
sound

like this
Also means: such · like

girl

content
likewise
Also means: precisely; exactly · I’m the one · only if

be serious
Also means: be difficult

road or path
Also means: life path

ceremony
Also means: -type

phone call
Also means: telephone

money
which
Also means: every

part
Also means: aspect
「削除予定」の部分、やっぱりスピーチに入れます。
The 'Planned for Deletion' part, as I thought, I'll include it in the speech.
同僚の結婚式スピーチ原稿を誤って全員に送った · A1
do our best
Also means: will do my best · do one’s best · was doing one’s best

early
Also means: quick

push
Also means: press a button · be pushed · dial a number

flower
Also means: kanji 花

properly
Also means: directly · decently · really there

tomorrow
Also means: tomorrow’s

ended

mouth
Also means: mention

plan

everyone

make eye contact
Also means: be correct · be out of tune · not match

shape
Also means: wording · grammatical form
someday
Also means: what time · when · sometime

stop

morning

long ago
Also means: former · old days

team
shop or store suffix

family

man

breath
Also means: coordination · spirit

summer

head toward
田村は箱を四つ抱え、Aタワーのロビーへ向かった。
Tamura, carrying four boxes, headed for the lobby of Tower A.
同じ部屋番号に荷物が届き続ける · A1
pull
Also means: recede, linking to the next clause · be applied

plectrum
Also means: drumstick
「音と音の間も聞きなさい」はるかはもう一度、ばちを上げた。
Listen to the spaces between the sounds, too. Haruka raised her plectrum once more.
津軽三味線の三本目の糸が切れた夜 · A2
type text
Also means: play (a drum) · beat · be hit
葵はメッセージを打ちかけて、消した。また打って、また消した。
Aoi started typing a message, then deleted it. She typed it again, and deleted it again.
退職代行を頼んだ翌朝 · A2
university

room
Also means: compartment

building manager

contact

foot or leg
Also means: feet

strange
全然。葉の質感が全部違う。艶が変。
Not at all. The texture of the leaves is totally different. The gloss is weird.
お見舞いの花が全部偽物だった · A2
big
Also means: serious · deep

music

few
Also means: fewer / less · at least · not talkative
大阪の美術学校は、毎年合格する生徒がとても少ない学校です。
The art school in Osaka is a school with very few students passing every year.
合格通知が二つ届いた朝 · A2
not at all
Also means: completely · much more (than ...)

lie
Also means: no way

old

important

to snap or break
Also means: to be disconnected

counter for individual items

light
Also means: hikari

borrow
Also means: borrow someone’s wording · to take lodging
祖母は五十年前に借りて、まだ返していないの」美香が「これを着てもいい?」と聞くと、祖母は「はなさんに聞いてから」と言いました。
Grandmother borrowed it fifty years ago, and still hasn’t returned it.” When Mika asked, “May I wear this?” Grandmother said, Ask Hana first.
祖母が返さなかった赤い振袖 · A1I
Also means: here · side

line

inside
Also means: depths

festival

something to look forward to

athlete

mother

sea

special

special

received

carry a burden
Also means: carry in one’s arms

first
Also means: almost never
then
Also means: well then · see you

vicinity
Also means: nearby · nearly

month(s)

yes
Also means: huh?

data

japanese-style fried chicken
because
お好み焼きが冷めるけえ」ミカには意味が分かりません。
The okonomiyaki will get cold.” Mika does not understand what it means.
路面電車に忘れられた広島弁のテープ · A1
be worried
Also means: worry about · worry · become worried

picture or drawing

this year

experience

enemy

late
Also means: slow

pass away

young

find

mask
鬼の面をつけた人が、太鼓の音を聞いておどります。
A person wearing a demon mask dances to the sound of the drum.
佐渡の鬼太鼓に入った新しい音 · A1
end

hundred

white

mistake
Also means: certainly

record
記録では、その時間帯に生まれた女の子は二人。
According to the records, two girls were born in that time slot.
同じ日に同じ病院で生まれた他人から連絡が来た · B1
star
Also means: star shape

bring
「タコを持って来るな」ミカはかごを道に置き、タコを葉でかくしました。
“Do not bring an octopus.” Mika put the basket on the road and hid the octopus with leaves.
タコを持ってガジュマルに近づくな · A1
sad
Also means: being sad and · linking form of “sad” before negation

sky
Also means: empty · air
-kun (an honorific suffix for boys and men)

character
Also means: written text · handwriting

egg

surroundings
Also means: circumference
で、そっくりだから周りも区別できなかった笑笑
And, because they look exactly alike, the people around them couldn't tell them apart (lol)
地元の祭りに自分のそっくりさんが参加していた · A2
close
Also means: cannot be closed

wood
Also means: tree
古い木のベンチの上に、小さな駅ノートが置いてある。
On top of an old wooden bench, a small station notebook is placed.
無人駅の駅ノートに今日の日付で書き込みがある · A2
intention
Also means: belief that one has done something

adjust

wow

touch
Also means: not touch

happy

be fast
Also means: fast · fast and

pay
Also means: brush off

tremble
Also means: vibrate

mountain
Also means: pile

taste
Also means: flavor

drinking
その夜、評論家は椀物を飲み、言いました。
That night, the critic drank the soup (bowl dish) and said.
捨てられるはずだった昆布が変えた出汁の味 · A2
birthday

phone number
Also means: identification number · bib number

medicine

as is
Also means: right afterward

feel at ease
Also means: secure
other
Also means: elsewhere / another option

title

footprint

sweet
Also means: sweet-smelling · be out of focus

neighbor
Also means: next door
しばらくすると、隣の部屋に住む山田さんが出てきました。
After a short while, Mr. Yamada, who lives in the room next door, came out.
毎朝誰かが直す傾いた自転車 · A2
red
Also means: is red · red and …

cooking
Also means: cooked dishes or food

oh

companion
Also means: fellow shogi player
仲間と一緒に、歩いた距離や星の位置を測っていました。
Together with his companions, he measured the distances they walked and the positions of the stars.
伊能忠敬が地図に描かなかった小島 · A2
match

spring
surely

camera

preparation
Also means: readiness

go

love you

three thousand

shake one’s head
Also means: wave · swing one’s arm

page
Also means: web page

this time
Also means: next time

okay
Also means: ready

important
Also means: precious

cherish
Also means: carefully

important

being tired

island

be found
sakura
Also means: cherry tree

relationship

take off
Also means: leave out

please
Also means: kindly · properly

center

disappear
Also means: cease to be · lose the desire · run out

smell

village
honestly
Also means: honest

four
Also means: fourth

here you are
Also means: go ahead · please · feel free

fire

kind
Also means: gently · gentle · kind, gentle

white

younger brother

hotel

middle

battle
Also means: personal struggle

receive
Also means: sense

hurt
Also means: being painful and

real thing
Also means: genuine

stone

seriously
Also means: seriousness

rain

journey
Also means: travel
四国には、八十八のお寺を回る「お遍路」という旅があります。
In Shikoku, visiting eighty-eight temples there is a pilgrimage called 'Henro.'
お遍路さんが八十八番で落とした鍵 · A1
meeting
of course
Also means: natural · naturally

baseball

what?

box
what kind of

hair

red

boy or male person

room number

erase
Also means: turn off

rest
Also means: be absent from

half past

elapse

seat
Also means: occasion

cup
田中は両手でカップを包み、初めてこの店の椅子に腰を下ろした。
Tanaka cradled the cup with both hands, and sat down in a chair in this shop for the first time.
六十年間同じ道を歩いた男が初めて曲がった角 · B2see

secret
break out
Also means: happen

beautiful

correct

turn

heart
Also means: chest

hot
Also means: warm

rain

movement
音が合わないと、鬼の動きが止まるかもしれません。
If the sounds do not match, The demon’s movements might stop.
佐渡の鬼太鼓に入った新しい音 · A1
take

ship
Also means: small boat
rāmen
Also means: ramen

screen

coffee

congratulations

present

paper

practice
thanks to

good night

forty

slowly
Also means: relaxed · take it easy

sorry

event venue

market

start

small
Also means: quiet
how much
Also means: somewhat · no matter how much

sit down
Also means: lower · put down
「まあ、しょうがない」と心の中で思い、反対側の席に腰を下ろした。
"Well, it can't be helped," he thought in his heart, and sat down in a seat on the opposite side.
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1
for a while
Also means: while

cross
Also means: span a period · travel to a distant place

blue

list
村上さきはリストを確認する。田中はスタートエリアで待っている。
Murakami Saki checks the list. Tanaka is waiting in the start area.
マラソン大会のゼッケン番号が去年と同じだった · A1
race time
田中さん、去年と同じタイムで走る?笑
Tanaka-san, will you run at the same time as last year? (laughs)
マラソン大会のゼッケン番号が去年と同じだった · A1
meal
Also means: cooked rice

snow
音楽会の夜、外では強い雪が降っていた。
On the night of the concert, heavy snow was falling outside.
津軽三味線の三本目の糸が切れた夜 · A2
race

rapidly and steadily

fifty

fifteen

dance
Also means: did not dance · not be danced

suddenly
Also means: urgent

handwriting
Also means: character

strange
Also means: strangely · puzzled

file
Also means: file or folder
to
Also means: pair

mark

little while ago
Also means: earlier

blue
Also means: blue and · pale

illness
Also means: be ill · sick

rule

opportunity

approach
Also means: may approach · want to approach · intend to approach

good morning

suddenly
Also means: sudden

leaf
全然。葉の質感が全部違う。艶が変。
Not at all. The texture of the leaves is totally different. The gloss is weird.
お見舞いの花が全部偽物だった · A2
finally

case

price

beautiful
Also means: clean and attractive · nice-looking

welcome
Also means: be present (honorific)

afternoon
Also means: p.m

bed

shirt
そして、一人、白いシャツを着ている人がいます。
And, one person, a white shirt (object) there is a person wearing.
隣の席の人が落とした手帳 · A1
deleted
Also means: that I deleted
葵はメッセージを消した。でも「既読」がついていた。
Aoi deleted the message. But it was already marked "Read."
深夜の誤爆から始まった話 · A1
straighten one’s back
Also means: stretch or extend something · reach out
スーツを着た若い男性が、背筋をまっすぐに伸ばしてカメラに向かっている。
a young man in a suit facing the camera with his back straight.
見合い写真の裏に書かれた別の名前 · B2
heavy
Also means: feel emotionally weighed down · oppressively heavily · heavily

unfold
Also means: spread out or unfolded

fish

arm
Also means: skill

wide, and
Also means: wide · is spacious

be breaking
Also means: want to break · break · not break

bird

class

engine

arrival

bakery
でも、スーパーは閉まっていて、パン屋にも塩はありませんでした。
But the supermarket was closed, and there was no salt at the bakery either.
台風で塩が届かなかった讃岐うどん店 · A2
board

embarrassed
Also means: shameful

bag

school cultural festival
もう!よかった〜!レン、ありがとうね。三ヶ月、すごいよ。文化祭、楽しみにしてる!
Geez! I'm so glad! Ren, thank you. Three months, that's amazing. I'm looking forward to the school festival!
文化祭の脚本が盗まれた · A1
late at night

inconvenience

green; greenery

window

promise

part-time job

um…
えーとね…ユイちゃん、急にやめたの。マネージャー、今でも悲しいから。だから、きかないほうがいいよ。ごめんね。
Um... Yui-chan quit suddenly. The manager is still sad about it. So, it's better not to ask. Sorry.
バイト先のユニフォームに前任者の名前刺繍 · A1
within

light
Also means: thin · faint

cold
Also means: be cold · cold and/because
健二がバスを降りると、冷たい空気が顔に当たりました。
When Kenji got off the bus, cold air hit his face.
深夜バスの終点で見つけた名もない温泉宿 · A2
bright
Also means: brightly · bright and …

neighborhood
Also means: neighbor
清の家の電話が鳴った。近所の田中さんからだ。
The phone at Kiyoshi's house rang. It was from Mr. Tanaka, a neighbor.
町の防災無線に自分の名前が流れた · A1
personal computer

train platform

clap
Also means: hitting repeatedly · beat a drum · hammer
会場の人たちは、ふたりを見て手をたたきます。
The people at the venue, looking at the two clap their hands.
決勝で相手の靴紐を結んだ少年 · A1
fly
Also means: jump

ogre

bang
Also means: go

shoe

hmm

shout

memory

area

nine

every year
me / I
Also means: I · as for me

visit in turn
Also means: spread
つまりそっくりさんはいろいろな屋台をまわってる
In other words, the lookalike is going around to various stalls
地元の祭りに自分のそっくりさんが参加していた · A2
during the morning
えーっと…その日さ…給食、なかった気がする。午前中で帰ったんだよ。先生たちの会議か何かで。
Um... that day... I don't think there was school lunch. We went home around noon. Because of a teachers' meeting or something.
給食の献立表に自分が食べた記憶がない日がある · A1
close
Also means: is keeping shut

black
Also means: black, and

pick up
Also means: pick up and

bridge

tear

convenience store

cake

won
Also means: defeat

tonight

key
Also means: lock

last year

floor
very

play
Also means: to play an instrument · want to play an instrument
女性は「最後に一回、ちゃんと弾きましょうか」と言いました。
The woman (said), 'One last time, shall I play it properly?' she said.
三ヶ月間聞こえた隣の練習曲が消えた日 · A2
hurriedly
Also means: not hurry

what?
Also means: um

queue
Also means: row
列に並んでいる時、父は何も言いませんでした。
While waiting in line, my father didn't say anything.
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2counter for small animals
なります縁日はもうすぐ終わりです水槽に金魚が一匹だけいます小さくて赤い金魚ですだれも来ません店のおじさんは金魚を見ます
it becomes. The festival soon will be over. In the tank, a goldfish there is only one. It is small and... it is a red goldfish. No one comes. The shop owner (man) looks at the goldfish.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
weather

summer festival

lonely

classroom
Also means: school

food
食べ物は少なく、けがをした人もたくさんいました。
There was little food, and there were also many injured people.
五稜郭から消えた一枚の旗 · A1
every time

quarrel

luggage
Also means: package

clock/watch

competition

lunch
Also means: daytime · noon

shinto shrine

finish
Also means: come to the end of one's life

wedding ceremony

seriously
Also means: really?

jump

nineteen

not need
Also means: not needed

boy

junior-high-school
Also means: junior high school

notice

inhale
everyone

dangerous
Also means: life-threatening

quietly
Also means: quiet

elderly person

piano

deletion
「削除予定」の部分、やっぱりスピーチに入れます。
The 'Planned for Deletion' part, as I thought, I'll include it in the speech.
同僚の結婚式スピーチ原稿を誤って全員に送った · A1
quiet
Also means: quiet and unobtrusive · quiet and reserved
太鼓の音の後の、静かな時間を聞いてください」ユイはよく聞きます。
Please listen to the quiet time after the sound of the drum. Yui listens carefully.
佐渡の鬼太鼓に入った新しい音 · A1
appear in an image or view

lunch

group
Also means: gathering
卒業式の集合写真の隣に、一枚の個人写真があった。
Next to the group photo of the graduation ceremony, there was a single individual portrait.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
notebook

sword

parking lot

smile cheerfully

eighty-eight

school uniform

departure
Also means: depart
出発の前夜、母は台所で黙って何かを用意していた。
On the night before his departure, his mother was silently preparing something in the kitchen.
シベリア抑留から持ち帰った酒蔵の麹菌 · B2
apologize
Also means: want to apologize · apologize and then · don’t apologize

bury one’s face in
Also means: bury

far away
Also means: farther apart

address

store clerk

radio communication

bottom

gate

shinkansen bullet train

office

tea

goal

dark, and

fool around

detailed
Also means: fine

customer
Also means: audience · guest

warm
Also means: warm and · warmly, and…

tie

packed lunch

sisters

good evening

notification
Also means: official notice
父の携帯に通知が届いているのに気づいて、確認しました。
I noticed notifications arriving on my father's phone, and I checked them.
亡き父の携帯に今もメッセージが届く · B1
last week

harbor

department head position
Also means: department head · department manager

final match

yeah
Also means: hey

pen

ring/sound (polite form)
Also means: rings, and … · ring · ringing, and …

recording tape
Also means: adhesive tape · athletic wrist-support tape

next week

soldier

play

purple

puff out one’s chest
Also means: put down roots

stain
明日は写真を撮る日ですが、美香の振袖には大きな汚れがあります。
Tomorrow is the day for taking pictures, but There is a big stain on Mika's long-sleeved kimono.
祖母が返さなかった赤い振袖 · A1
entrance
marker for a quoted or reported past clause
Also means: even if

rock-paper-scissors

coach

saturday

be in time

reply

apartment

futon bedding

celebration

garbage bag
田中は青いノートをゴミ袋に入れました。窓を開けると、外は晴れていました。
Tanaka put the blue notebook in the trash bag. When he opened the window, it was sunny outside.
転勤先の家に前の住人の荷物がある · A1
umbrella

this morning
実は今朝、退職代行の会社から連絡がありました。
Actually, this morning, there was a contact from the resignation agency.
退職代行を頼んだ翌朝 · A2
buddhist temple
Also means: temple-name suffix “-ji”
四国には、八十八のお寺を回る「お遍路」という旅があります。
In Shikoku, visiting eighty-eight temples there is a pilgrimage called 'Henro.'
お遍路さんが八十八番で落とした鍵 · A1
lunch

tower

sign

years old

lunch box

string
Also means: shoelace

pitiful

plate
Also means: dish

ring

rival
rental

chocolate

monday

yellow

yellow (before a noun)
Also means: is yellow (polite)
箱の底には、黄色くなった紙もありました。
At the bottom of the box, there was also a paper that had turned yellow.
台風の翌朝、砂浜に現れた名もない小舟 · A2
refrigerator

dome

pencil case

samurai

flag

tax

no

sand

shopping street

sink into the ground
Also means: sink into a seat · does not sink
ススキが胸の高さまで伸び、朽ちた丸太が横たわり、足元には黒い腐葉土が柔らかく沈む。
Pampas grass grew chest-high, decayed logs lay scattered, and the black leaf mold sank softly under her feet.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
delivery
counter for houses

date

entrance
Also means: front door
でも、玄関の布に「温泉」と書いてありました。
But, on the cloth at the entrance 'Onsen' was written.
深夜バスの終点で見つけた名もない温泉宿 · A2good work

play script

manager

kitchen

elevator

shelf

soft
Also means: gently

octopus
ケンはたこ、ねぎ、生地をたこ焼き器に入れます。
Ken puts octopus, green onions, and batter into the takoyaki pan.
たこ焼きを丸くできない大阪の弟子 · A1
medal

USB storage device

sparkling

resident

speech script
Also means: draft

ribbon

help someone
Also means: help me

faculty

be unable to move
Also means: be unable to act independently
ハルは教室で、画面を見たまま動けない。
Haru is in the classroom, frozen, staring at the screen.
給食の献立表に自分が食べた記憶がない日がある · A1
disaster prevention

old man
Also means: grandfather

grandmother

together

help

fire

shine
今、蛍川には毎年夏になると何百ものホタルが光る。
Now, at the Hotaru River, every time summer comes, hundreds of fireflies shine.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1
backup copy

yukata (summer kimono)

bench

secret
Also means: secretly

disciple

ash

lamp

lose

be able to speak

fake

to paint / apply

new Year
new song

round
Also means: widen (of the eyes) · rounded and mellow (of an aroma)

close
Also means: be closed · close down

dress someone

drawer
Also means: withdrawal

fall over

bookstore

cool down
お好み焼きが冷めるけえ」ミカには意味が分かりません。
The okonomiyaki will get cold.” Mika does not understand what it means.
路面電車に忘れられた広島弁のテープ · A1
chopsticks

baseball bat

go for it

fold

notebook

earphones

relieved

green color

drum

swamp

um

walking cane

school lunch

wash
「何をさがしていますか」「赤いひもの付いた鍵です」「手を洗う場所の近くで、赤い物を見ました」二人はそこへ行き、石のそばで鍵を見つけました。
'What are you looking for?' 'A key with a red string attached.' 'I saw something red near the place for washing hands.' The two went there, and found the key near a stone.
お遍路さんが八十八番で落とした鍵 · A1
dough
Also means: batter

dessert

shell

cloud storage

was prohibited
「その石は禁じられた石だ」と河童が言います。
"That stone is a forbidden stone." the Kappa says. the Kappa says.
沼の河童と禁じられた石 · A1
fortune slip

100-yen shop

every morning

strike

barrel

home run
over
今日でここはおしまいだから」男の子はびっくりします。
Because today is the end for this place.” The boy is surprised.
閉店日の駄菓子屋に残った最後の飴 · A1
hundred

uniform

runner

USB flash drive

new school term

backpack
深夜のホームに人はいない。レンのリュックは空だ。
There's no one on the platform late at night. Ren's backpack is empty.
深夜の新幹線に忘れた楽器の行方 · A1
rakugo performer
高座で、落語家の春太が話を始めます。
On the raised stage, the rakugo storyteller Shunta starts talking.
落語家が扇子を忘れた高座 · A1
kimono

lobby

street stall
Also means: food-stall

speech

swim (polite form)
みんな縁日の金魚ですおじさんは笑います金魚も元気に泳ぎます
They are all goldfish from the festival. The man smiles. The goldfish also, energetically swim.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
ring

delivery package
Also means: delivery person
先ほど宅配便が届いて、開けると自分を撮影した写真が何枚も入っていました。
A delivery arrived just now, and when I opened it, there were several photos of me.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
did not steal

locker

aquarium or fish tank
難しいです夜の九時になります縁日はもうすぐ終わりです水槽に金魚が一匹だけいます小さくて赤い金魚ですだれも来ません
It is difficult. At nine o'clock at night, it becomes. The festival soon will be over. In the tank, a goldfish there is only one. It is small and... it is a red goldfish. No one comes.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
delivery

look for

candy

light blue

nose

folder
nano

transportation

outfielder

goldfish
金魚がたくさんいますみんな縁日の金魚ですおじさんは笑います金魚も元気に泳ぎます
goldfish there are many. They are all goldfish from the festival. The man smiles. The goldfish also, energetically swim.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
musical score

award

sports field

smile

envelope

on the way home
misa

bell

okonomiyaki (savory pancake)
お好み焼きが冷めるけえ」ミカには意味が分かりません。
The okonomiyaki will get cold.” Mika does not understand what it means.
路面電車に忘れられた広島弁のテープ · A1
takoyaki, an octopus-filled snack
Also means: takoyaki-

exhibition

purple

streetcar

light

dislike

footprint
女は山へ行きます女は消えますでも足跡は残っています「雪女だ!」
The woman to the mountain goes. The woman disappears. But the footprints remain. "It's a Snow Woman! "
雪女が通った後の足跡 · A1
basket
市場で買ったタコを、かごに入れていました。
She had put the octopus she bought at the market into a basket.
タコを持ってガジュマルに近づくな · A1
fence

hair roller
はなは家にいる。髪にローラーをつけている。手に電話を持っている。
Hana is at home. She has rollers in her hair. She is holding a phone.
成人式の晴れ着が他県にある · A1
green onion
ケンはたこ、ねぎ、生地をたこ焼き器に入れます。
Ken puts octopus, green onions, and batter into the takoyaki pan.
たこ焼きを丸くできない大阪の弟子 · A1
empty
Also means: blank

injury
食べ物は少なく、けがをした人もたくさんいました。
There was little food, and there were also many injured people.
五稜郭から消えた一枚の旗 · A1
aunt

violin

freezer

forgotten item

pitcher

slip

teammate

rustle

hello (on the phone)

beside
Also means: neighboring · next door

sandy beach

job transfer

read
しばらく、「既読」がついたまま返信がなかった。
For a while, there was no reply, and the message remained "Read".
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2
pottery
riku

last train

municipal office

town hall
「浜田清さん、すぐに町役場に来てください」と言った。
“Mr. Kiyoshi Hamada, to the town hall immediately please come,” it said.
町の防災無線に自分の名前が流れた · A1
shoe cabinet
学校の入り口に、下駄箱がたくさんあります。
At the school entrance, shoe lockers (subject) there are many.
新学期に誰も名前を書かなかった下駄箱 · A1
cheap sweets shop

beach

pickled plum

paper goldfish scoop
金魚が二十匹います子どもたちは水槽を見ます目がキラキラしていますポイは薄い紙ですポイで金魚をすくいますでも金魚は速いです
goldfish there are twenty. The children look at the tank. Their eyes are sparkling. The poi (scooper) is thin paper. With the poi, you scoop the goldfish. But, the goldfish are fast.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
coral

chime

mountain trail

incense sticks
けいこはお寺へ戻り、門の下やお線香の近くをさがしました。
Keiko went back to the temple, and searched under the gate and near the incense sticks.
お遍路さんが八十八番で落とした鍵 · A1
kappa, a Japanese water spirit

laugh
Also means: don’t laugh

smile pleasantly
sora

literature department

building number

crouching,

tremble

folding fan

be frozen
Also means: not freeze

clubroom
mina

square

firefighter

paint

cassette tape

menu

menu

starting line

goldfish scooping game
縁日があります屋台がたくさんありますたこ焼きりんご飴そして金魚すくい金魚すくいの水槽に金魚が二十匹います子どもたちは水槽を見ます目が
there is a festival. Food stalls there are many. Takoyaki, candy apples, and goldfish scooping. In the goldfish scooping tank, goldfish there are twenty. The children look at the tank. Their eyes
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
temple fair
夏の夜です神社で縁日があります屋台がたくさんありますたこ焼きりんご飴そして金魚すくい
It's a summer night. At the shrine, there is a festival. Food stalls there are many. Takoyaki, candy apples, and goldfish scooping.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1matter or request

long-sleeved kimono
中には赤い振袖があり、赤い花と白い鳥がきれいでした。
Inside, there was a red long-sleeved kimono, and the red flowers and white birds were beautiful.
祖母が返さなかった赤い振袖 · A1
substitute

scoop up
水槽を見ます目がキラキラしていますポイは薄い紙ですポイで金魚をすくいますでも金魚は速いです難しいです夜の九時になります
look at the tank. Their eyes are sparkling. The poi (scooper) is thin paper. With the poi, you scoop the goldfish. But, the goldfish are fast. It is difficult. At nine o'clock at night, it becomes.
縁日で売れ残った金魚 · A1
pilgrim
Also means: pilgrimage

low tide

traditional Japanese sandal

rakugo stage
Also means: rakugo performance
高座で、落語家の春太が話を始めます。
On the raised stage, the rakugo storyteller Shunta starts talking.
落語家が扇子を忘れた高座 · A1
race bib number

large plate

origami crane

snow woman
行きます女は消えますでも足跡は残っています「雪女だ!」
goes. The woman disappears. But the footprints remain. "It's a Snow Woman! "
雪女が通った後の足跡 · A1
viola

if/when it comes off
Also means: come off

worst fortune

banyan tree

sea monster

that's enough