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
1,000 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

mother
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”

underneath
Also means: down · bottom

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
huh?
Also means: yeah

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

resemble

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
be doing
Also means: be trying to · be doing well · be absent
丸山コーチが健太をベンチにしている理由、知ってるか?
Coach Maruyama is keeping Kenta on the bench. Do you know the reason why?
甲子園の前日に届いたDM · A2
slope
お疲れ様です〜!!無事到着、良かったです😊 坂は慣れたら平気になりますよ♪
Good work!! I'm glad you arrived safely 😊 You'll get used to the hill in no time ♪
移住先の村に幽霊がいるらしい · B1
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

give to me/us
Also means: do something for me/us · without paying attention

ask
Also means: listen to · irrealis form of 聞く before an auxiliary · want to listen or hear
was doing
Also means: treat as precious · was trying to · was
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
Also means: second grade · february

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
this (before a noun)

feel
Also means: seem · be felt · make someone feel
懐かしいと思う気持ちと、重いと感じる気持ちが同時にやってきた。
The feeling of nostalgia, and the feeling that it was heavy, came at the same time.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
be present (for living things)
Also means: be/stay in a place · politely mark an ongoing action or resulting state
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
if / when
ゆうくんが来て、缶を見つけて、ふみこさんのことを思い出してくれたら。
Yuu-kun came, found the can, if you remember Fumiko-san then.
引越し先の壁に隠されていた地図 · A2too; excessively
Also means: elapse · be over a certain age · pass
polite past-tense ending
卒論の謝辞に、知らない先生の名前が入ってしまいました
In the acknowledgments of my thesis, a name of a professor I don't know ended up being included
卒論の謝辞に知らない名前を書いてしまった · A2
no way

walk
Also means: on foot · be walking · not walk
this
Also means: now
way
Also means: well · seem like
その手帳を見つけたのは、偶然としか言いようがない。
The discovery of that notebook was... ...something that can only be described as a coincidence.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2is not
Also means: is · not be · with only …

three
Also means: third · class 3 · march

three

be unable to say
Also means: be unable to say it, and · be able to say
でも、怖くて誰にも言えなかったそうです。
But, (they) were scared and to no one could they say it, so it's said.
全国模試の自分の解答用紙が別の高校にある · A2
be visible
Also means: seem · end up being visible unintentionally · become visible unintentionally and remain visible
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
look

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
“-like” suffix
Also means: target
しかし今、目の前にあるのはヨーロッパのキリスト教的な場面を描いた布だ。
But now, what lay before me was a cloth depicting a European Christian scene.
祇園祭の山鉾に眠る異国の布 · B2looks/seems [adjective]
Also means: seems about to
if it is X
Also means: as for

who
Also means: suffix meaning “person who does something”
もし失敗すれば、この技術で修復できる者はもう誰もいない。
If it fails, there is no one left who can restore it using this technique.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2right?
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

inside
Also means: in progress; during · among · junior high school

not forget
Also means: forget · be unable to forget · want to forget
that / it
Also means: then
I
Also means: my
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
after all

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
be/exist (polite, humble)
Also means: folding

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

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

five
Also means: may

exactly
be able to
賢一が「今週末は絶対シンガポールにいるから電話できそう」って言ってた週末があって
There was a weekend where Kenichi said "I'll definitely be in Singapore this weekend, so it looks like I can call."
海外赴任中の夫が送ってくる写真の背景がおかしい · B1
be awake
Also means: happen · wake up

said
Also means: be called

live
Also means: be alive
長い間、この森で生きた命の力でした。
For a long time, in this forest that had lived was the power of life.
知床で熊と目が合った朝 · A2such as
Also means: things like
白いバラ、白いユリ、白いガーベラなどをご用意できます。
White roses, white lilies, and white gerberas can be prepared.
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2
continue
Also means: be able to continue

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

how many people
研究者が何人も来て、周辺が踏み荒らされるかもしれない。
Many researchers would come, and the surrounding area might be trampled.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
take an exam
Also means: receive · be punished · receive light

time

cannot

draft

alone
Also means: one

tell me
Also means: teach · tell · can teach
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
what happened
Also means: how · what to do · whether ... or not

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
according to
Also means: due to · by means of · by

remember
Also means: not remember · feel · memorize
確かに俺も覚えてるけど、それってクラスの人間なら誰でも知ってる話だよな。
I certainly remember it too, but that's something anyone from our class would know about.
五年ぶりの同窓会前夜に発覚 · B1how many days
if it is/was

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

hmm

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

huh?
Also means: um · picture

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
as soon as
母は息子の顔を見るなり、声も出さずに泣いた。
As soon as his mother saw her son's face, she wept without making a sound.
シベリア抑留から持ち帰った酒蔵の麹菌 · B2
buy
Also means: did not buy · if someone bought

want someone to do something
Also means: want

give me

be different
Also means: no, that’s wrong · be wrong
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
ah
Also means: oh · stammered “a” · ah, what a relief

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

give
Also means: raise · let out a cry

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)

station

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
minute
Also means: corresponding amount; to that extent · share

wear

home
Also means: house · family · family business

eight
Also means: eight years · august · eighth

august

above; on top
Also means: after doing so

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

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

six
Also means: six o’clock
to list an action as an example, not exhaustively

six

put
Also means: leave an interval

letter

yen

like
Also means: to have romantic feelings for someone

look for
棚の奥を探すと、古い昆布を一枚見つけました。
The back of the shelf when she searched, one piece of old kombu she found.
捨てられるはずだった昆布が変えた出汁の味 · A2
seven
Also means: july · seventh

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 · A1seems
Also means: like

can’t believe it
Also means: want to believe · believed · not believe and (connecting form)

show
Also means: if one shows · show me, please · want to show

call
Also means: be called or summoned · call out
美香が店に入ると、友達はみんな彼女を「森さん」と呼んだ。
When Mika entered the shop, all her friends called her “Mori-san.”
同窓会で一人だけ旧姓を呼ばなかった友人 · A2
two
Also means: second · second-year
plural or group suffix
here
know
Also means: come on

university

tell someone
Also means: want to convey · convey · not inform

be fond of, in a linking form before negation
Also means: being fond of, and
父は遊園地があまり好きではありませんでした。
My father [regarding] amusement parks did not like them very much.
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2
child

very
Also means: amazing

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

nine

think about
Also means: thought

romantically likes
Also means: favorite · fond of (before ので: because one likes)

heard
Also means: ask · listen to

someone
Also means: who · nobody · anyone

like
Also means: be romantically attracted to
work out
Also means: go all out · wasn’t getting along well · go
feeling
Also means: appearance · way · kind of person

several
Also means: number
健斗の胸が少し痛くなった。返事を打てないまま、数秒が過ぎた。
Kento's chest ached a little. Several seconds passed without him being able to type a reply.
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2
several hours
本土の選手たちは、ちゃんとした道場で毎日何時間も練習していた。
The athletes from the mainland were practicing for hours every day in proper dojos.
柔道部のない島の中学生が挑んだ県大会 · B1
find

shop

like

necessary
Also means: be necessary · need

thank you

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

such
Also means: that much; so
what
Also means: expresses surprise that… · something like … · for instance
plural marker for people or things
Also means: part of 何らか, marking an unspecified kind
since
橋本さんは清と同い年で、三十年来の友人だ。
Mr. Hashimoto was the same age as Kiyoshi, and was a friend of thirty years.
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1
laugh
Also means: smile · mock · don’t laugh

go

moment
Also means: bit · hey · little over

book
Also means: counter for long, slender objects

other
Also means: else

world
Also means: society
え、ちょっと待って待って…二人って知り合いなんですか?すごい偶然!世界せまーい!田中さん、涼くんのことどこで知り合ったんですか?
Huh, wait wait a sec... Do you two know each other? What a coincidence! The world is so small! Tanaka-san, where did you meet Ryo-kun?
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2
everyone
Also means: all of them

recognize
Also means: admit
しかし誰一人、客の存在を認めなかった。
But not a single person would admit to the presence of a guest.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2general counter for things

huh?
Also means: that · since then

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)
time
Also means: degree · again
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 · A2
prefectural
Also means: prefecture

city government

still
Also means: not yet · only

same
such; like this

problem

zero

zero

investigate
Also means: if/when checked · check · be checking

name
(tower designation)
Also means: subcategory A

open something
Also means: make a hole

scar or wound

drink
Also means: hold one’s breath · make someone drink
suffix meaning “type/kind”

cute
Also means: is cute

draw or paint
Also means: depict · be depicted

hand
Also means: obtain · control · touch or use (money)

exhale
Also means: emit
京子は小さく息を吐き、いつものようにゴミを捨てて、足早にマンションを後にした。
Kyoko let out a small breath, threw out her garbage as usual, and left the apartment building briskly.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2about
Also means: dark · is dark · as much as

meet
3日前に一人で会いに行って、3日間ログアウトしてないってこと?
She went to meet alone 3 days ago, and you mean she hasn't logged out for 3 days?
民泊のWi-Fiに前の宿泊客のトーク履歴が残っていた · A2
hello

lose

town
Also means: city
and
Also means: then
information
feelings
Also means: thought
通帳の後ろに挟まれていた便箋には、弱い人間ゆえに逃げたという後悔と、使い道はお前が決めていいという娘への思いが綴られていた。
On the stationery tucked into the back of the bankbook, there was the regret of having run away because he was a weak human, saying that I could decide how to use it his feelings for his daughter had been recorded.
四十年間、故郷に帰らなかった父が残した通帳 · B2
how many times

move
Also means: take action · work · be moved

three
Also means: third · march

relevance
Also means: relationship

remember

today
Also means: today’s
oneself (honorific)
while doing so
Also means: although · traditional · of course
それからは、毎朝コーヒーを飲みながら、その曲を聞きました。
From then on, while drinking coffee every morning, I listened to that song.
三ヶ月間聞こえた隣の練習曲が消えた日 · A2
force
Also means: strength · institutional power · vitality
相手が力で攻めてきたとき、蓮は力で返さなかった。
When the opponent attacked with strength, Ren did not fight back with strength.
柔道部のない島の中学生が挑んだ県大会 · B1
meeting
Also means: association

once

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
country

ride or board a vehicle
Also means: not ride or board a vehicle · get on · ride
however

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
affectionate familiar suffix for kinship terms
Also means: affectionate familiar suffix after a name
or more
Also means: any further · more than expected

kid

car

money
Also means: gold
time
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

fun
Also means: is fun · enjoyable · pleasantly

decide

to pass by or through
that
Also means: um · excuse me

where
Also means: somewhere · anywhere · somehow

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

man
ある秋の夕方、ヒロという若い男が峠を歩いていた。
One autumn evening, a young man named Hiro was walking along the pass.
天狗が守る峠の三つの掟 · A2
be born
Also means: be created · arise · to form

address
Also means: aim at · turn one’s gaze toward · direct suspicion toward someone

go and come back

night breeze
夜風がふいて、紙がゆらゆらとゆれます。
The night wind blows and, the paper (subject) sways gently.
七夕の夜に願いごとが書けなかった少女 · A2such as

open
Also means: hold an event · pause to occur

sheepish giggle
oh

woman
Also means: girls’

name

too much; excessively
Also means: past

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
water

next
Also means: next time

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

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

place

be angry
Also means: be scolded · try to get angry
everything
Also means: all of it · all
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 · A1extent that; so ... that
Also means: about · this much · no matter how
again
Also means: even once · once · time

put away
澄江はその記事を切り取り、長年使い込んだ木箱の底にしまった。
Sumie cut out that article, and tucked it away at the bottom of a wooden box she had used for many years.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2just
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

woman
Also means: women’s
case
Also means: no way that …

meaning
days (duration)
Also means: N-day period
3日前に一人で会いに行って、3日間ログアウトしてないってこと?
She went to meet alone 3 days ago, and you mean she hasn't logged out for 3 days?
民泊のWi-Fiに前の宿泊客のトーク履歴が残っていた · A2
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

original
Also means: under the guidance of · in someone’s keeping · based on

together
Also means: same
there
Also means: that part

many
Also means: many of them
you
Also means: your
class B
you

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

sell
Also means: want to sell · did not sell

interesting
Also means: funny

begin
でも、インタビューを始めながら、不思議なことに気がついた。
But, while starting the interview, she noticed something strange.
阿波踊りを七十年踊り続けた女師匠 · B1
be happy
Also means: happy

first
Also means: forward · beforehand · tip

no
Also means: bad · not allowed · not working

more

result

to eat
Also means: eat and…
ちゃんと食べや」電話の最後には、いつもそう言った。
Make sure you eat properly.” At the end of every phone call, she always said that.
母が標準語で残した最後の留守電 · A2
use
行きの部分には「使用済み」と印が押されていたが、帰りの部分には何も印がなかった。
On the outbound part, 'Used' was stamped, but there was no stamp on the return part.
廃線の終点に残された往復切符 · B1
be audible
Also means: to sound

morning mist

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

photo

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

face
Also means: facial expression

no

inner
Also means: we/us · within · within the city
田中義雄は封筒をスーツの内ポケットにそっと入れた。窓の外には大阪の夕空が広がっていた。机の上には何もなかった。
Tanaka Yoshio gently put the envelope into his suit's inner pocket. Outside the window, the evening sky of Osaka spread out. There was nothing on the desk.
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
leave behind
Also means: keep · be left behind

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

lately
please
Also means: request
letter c
Also means: building c
for ... use
Also means: reason
岩の上に広げられたオレンジ色の救助用ブランケット、遠くに稜線が見える
An orange rescue blanket spread out on a rock, the ridgeline can be seen in the distance
山岳部の遭難届に自分の名前が入っていた · B1even if

difficult

ten

twelve

number 14
Also means: fourteen · fourteenth

11 o’clock
Also means: november · 11th
11時からゼミがありますが、その前に時間をいただけるか確認します
I have a seminar from 11, but I'll check if I can get some time before that. polite ending
卒論の謝辞に知らない名前を書いてしまった · A2
fifteen

sixteen

last
Also means: end · last one · last time

mind
Also means: head

era
Also means: period of one’s life

childhood
Also means: around that age or time · time
子供のころ、祖父の家にあった気がします。
When I was a child, I feel like it was at my grandfather's house.
祖父の将棋仲間から急に連絡が来た · A2
nock/place on (continuative form)
直人は矢を弓にかけ、ゆっくり弓を上げました。
Naoto put the arrow on the bow and slowly raised the bow.
弓道の決勝で最後の一本を射たなかった高校生 · A2be unable to think of as
Also means: seem
先生の人柄を考えると、私たちのお金に手をつけたとは思えない。
Considering the teacher's personality, I can't believe he would touch our money.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1he
Also means: his · him

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

heart
Also means: sincerely

age decade
Also means: decade · charge · generation
suffix for a storage cabinet

arrive at a place

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

deity
we/us
Also means: this one here · side · our

website
秋田のオークションサイトにおばあちゃんのレシピ帳が出品されています。
On an Akita auction site Grandma's recipe book is being listed.
祖母の形見のレシピ帳が競売に出ていた · A2capital letter t
letter l

version

rank
without
Also means: none
アーカイブのデジタルファイルに「三上あかりさんはこの年度に卒業しました」って写真なしで、小さくメモを残してもいいですか?
In the archive's digital file, saying "Akari Mikami graduated in this school year" may I leave a small memo, without a photo?
卒業アルバムに写っていない同級生 · A2
night

place
Also means: proper place

other
Also means: different · not particularly

club

student in a specified school year

okay
Also means: are you okay?

height

word

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

long
Also means: for a long time

side

point
Also means: piece

okay
Also means: fine

great
Also means: best
anything
それは孤独な戦いだったが、自分の絵が正当に評価される喜びは、何物にも代えがたかった。
It was a lonely battle, but The joy of having her paintings properly evaluated was beyond compare.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
society
当時の美術界において、女性の感性は家庭的で装飾的なものと見なされ、社会の深淵を描くことは許されていなかったのだ。
In the art world of that time, female sensibility was regarded as domestic and decorative, and depicting the abyss of society was not permitted.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
continue
Also means: stretch · follow someone · lead to

without knowing
つまりふたりが同じ祭りに知らずにいた
In short, the two of them at the same festival were there without knowing
地元の祭りに自分のそっくりさんが参加していた · A2
both
Also means: at least · particle marking alternatives · along with

first
Also means: at first · beginning

reason

other person
Also means: opponent · conversation partner · recipient or target
そして、急いで相手の弁当箱を持ち、別の方向へ歩きました。
Then, in a hurry, carrying the other person's lunch box, walked in a different direction.
輪島の朝市で交換された二つの弁当 · A2
method

strong, in a linking form
Also means: strong

be visible
Also means: look · seem
しかし、川に近づいたとき、木の葉の間から小さな光が見えた。
But when he approached the river, he saw a small light from between the leaves of the trees.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1had no choice but to
それでも最終的には収容車に乗らざるを得なかった。
Even so, in the end, he had no choice but to get into the pickup vehicle.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2be decided
Also means: always

several dozen
何十年も、お母さんの隣で俳句を眺めていただけだった。
For decades, by Mom's side, I was just looking at the haiku poems.
俳句の投稿欄に死んだ妻の名前があった · B1
throw
Also means: throwing, linking to the next clause · if/when someone throws · be able to throw
very
she
Also means: her

body
Also means: health · physical constitution
know
Also means: thing

cake mold
Also means: pattern · mold

artwork
審査委員たちは、ある画家の作品の前で足を止め、感嘆の声を漏らした。
The judges stopped in front of a certain artist's work, and let out voices of admiration.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
possibility

many

flee
Also means: want to escape · if one does not escape · try to escape
だから、由美は「兄さんは家族から逃げた」と思っていた。
So Yumi thought that her older brother had run away from the family.
仏壇の引き出しに隠された兄の謝罪文 · A2
eleven
母が死んだのは十一年前だ。その後の父は口数が少ないが元気だった。そう思っていた。
My mother died eleven years ago. After that, my father spoke little but seemed well. Or so I thought.
亡き父の携帯に今もメッセージが届く · B1
working adult

musical piece
supposed to be
Also means: no way

impossible
Also means: overexert oneself
typical of
Also means: seem to be
「昔の友人」。健斗は画面を見て、小さく笑った。涼らしい言葉だと思った。
'Old friend.' Kento looked at the screen and chuckled. He thought it was a cool remark.
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2entity
Also means: existence

current
Also means: currently

manga
ねえ颯人、倉田くんの写真さ、届いたままにしとけば?「いつか倒すべきライバル」みたいな感じで机の前に貼っといたらいいじゃん。ちょっと漫画っぽくない?笑
Hey Hayato, why don't you just leave Kurata's photo as it is? Stick it up in front of your desk, like 'a rival I must defeat someday'. Doesn't it feel a bit like a manga? lol
剣道の段位証書に他人の写真が入っていた · A2use

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

outbound leg
Also means: bound for
行きの部分には「使用済み」と印が押されていたが、帰りの部分には何も印がなかった。
On the outbound part, 'Used' was stamped, but there was no stamp on the return part.
廃線の終点に残された往復切符 · B1
other than
次は揚げ出し豆腐以外のときがいいけど
It would be better if it's not agedashi tofu next time, though.
スーパーの試食コーナーで渡されたメモ · A2
cut
Also means: hang up · cut down trees · go below a threshold

make a mistake
Also means: by mistake

as expected
Also means: still
various things
あ、昼間にいろいろ話してたんだね
Ah, during the day, you guys were talking about various things.
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
every day

grandchild
what?
Also means: something

number
Also means: turn · keeper

as indicated
Also means: street
「直人、いつも通りでいいよ」キャプテンの健太が言いました。
Naoto, just do what you usually do. The captain, Kenta, said.
弓道の決勝で最後の一本を射たなかった高校生 · A2incident
Also means: case
(桜田の覚書、明治三十五年十一月)三島事件については、ここに詳細を記しておく。
(Sakurada's Memorandum, November Meiji 35) Regarding the Mishima incident, I shall record the details here.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
hit something
Also means: fall on · come up against someone
definitely
Also means: never

leave
Also means: stay on one’s mind
実家を離れる前の週末、父は私に言いました。
On the weekend before leaving my parents' home, my father said to me.
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2
for the first time
Also means: first time · only then

school

condition
村上さんが今朝から連絡がとれない状態です。
Mr. Murakami, since this morning, is in a state where he cannot be reached.
酒蔵の蔵人が仕込み中に姿を消した · B1right?

just recently
Also means: unintentionally
前年の秋、百メートル背泳ぎで日本新記録を樹立した藤田は、つい先週、正式に東京五輪の代表選手として内定の通知を受け取ったばかりだった。
In the autumn of the previous year, in the 100-meter backstroke, Fujita, who had established a new Japanese record, just last week, formally as a representative athlete for the Tokyo Olympics, had only just received his unofficial notice of selection.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2really
Also means: true; real · actually

carry out
Also means: be conducted
その光景は、まるで運命の選別を行う冷徹な儀式のようだった。
That sight was just like a cold-hearted ritual carrying out the selection of destiny.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
not easily
Also means: hardly ever

teacher
Also means: mr · doctor

be in trouble
Also means: be a problem · not do

friend

feeling
Also means: pleasant · disgusting

checking
Also means: confirmation
センターも「確認が必要なミスだ」と認めました。
The center also admitted it was a "mistake that needs confirmation." (They) acknowledged it.
全国模試の自分の解答用紙が別の高校にある · A2well…
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 · A2actually

holding an event
見出しには「第十二回オリンピック東京大会、開催困難か」と書かれていた。
In the headline, it was written: '12th Olympic Games Tokyo, Hosting Difficult?'
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
point
all

new
Also means: new one · newly

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

this time

protect
Also means: obey · keep a promise

idiot

behind
Also means: back

strange
Also means: funny · crazy

television set
Also means: television
あの夏、健二はテレビの前に座って、兄の勇太が甲子園の決勝で投げるのを見ていた。
That summer, Kenji was sitting in front of the TV, his older brother Yuta, in the Koshien final, was watching him pitch.
甲子園の最後の一球 · B1probably

outside
counter for flat objects

individual
Also means: personal
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
marriage

opportunity
娘の明日香と取り返しのつかない言い争いをした直後のことで、彼女は大学入学を機に家を出ていった。
had an irreparable argument with his daughter Asuka it was immediately afterward, and she left home on the occasion of entering university.
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
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

spot
Also means: situation · venue
ミカはその場に立ったまま、しばらく動けなかった。
Mika remained standing on that spot, unable to move for a while.
八百年生きた尼が最後に選んだ洞窟 · B1
life
それは、彼女の二重生活が終わることを意味していた。
It meant that her double life was coming to an end.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
say (conditional stem before ば)

wait
Also means: waiting for something and

wind
Also means: style

twenty
Also means: twentieth

twelve
Also means: twelfth
very much (with negation)

not at all
Also means: completely

several dozen
当施設の過去の記録を調べましたところ、C棟41番は田中家の区画として登録されているのですが、数十年前からすでに別の方のお名前が入っている状態でございます。
When looking into our facility's past records, Building C, No. 41 is registered as the Tanaka family plot, but it is in a state where another person's name has already been there since decades ago.
納骨堂の番号が一つ足りない · B1of course

touch
Also means: move emotionally · be unable to touch
でも、引き出しの一番奥に、何か硬いものが指先に触れた。
But, at the very back of the drawer, something hard touched his fingertips.
古い旅館から消えた宿帳 · B1what kind of

to drink
quite
約四十年前まで活躍していた落語家で、当時かなり人気がありました。
A rakugo performer who was active until about 40 years ago and was quite popular at the time.
落語の高座で師匠が別の名前を名乗った · B1
relay-race leg
箱根駅伝の四区は、平塚から小田原まで二十一キロ弱を走る区間だ。
The fourth section of the Hakone Ekiden is a segment of just under twenty-one kilometers from Hiratsuka to Odawara.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
understand
中学生だった自分には、あの一球がどれだけ重いものだったか、まったく理解できていなかった。
To him, who was a middle school student, how heavy (important) that one pitch was, he couldn't understand at all.
甲子園の最後の一球 · B1at/in
横浜・山手の貿易商、三島幸太郎(享年四十八歳)が自宅の書斎にて変死。
Kotaro Mishima, a Yokohama-Yamate merchant (aged forty-eight at death), died mysteriously in his home study.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
popularity
約四十年前まで活躍していた落語家で、当時かなり人気がありました。
A rakugo performer who was active until about 40 years ago and was quite popular at the time.
落語の高座で師匠が別の名前を名乗った · B1
turn toward
Also means: if you feel like it · be suited to

near
Also means: be near

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
be able to get in touch
Also means: be obtained · be able to take leave

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
proceed with

sound
why
Also means: for some reason

like this
Also means: such · like

daughter
Also means: girl

girl

content
situation

even higher
Also means: furthermore
お前は神としての本分を忘れたのか」「綱代の神よ」と、さらに上位の神が静かに口を開いた。
Have you forgotten your duty as a god?' 'O God of Ajiro,' said an even higher-ranking god quietly.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
handle
お母さんの区画をそこにしていただけるか聞いたら、対応できるって言ってくださった。
When I asked if we could have Mom's plot there, he said they could accommodate that.
納骨堂の番号が一つ足りない · B1activity
文治さんが引退した後、弟子の文朝さんがそのまま活動を続けて今の師匠になった。
After Bunji-san retired, his disciple, Buncho-san, continued their activities and became the current master.
落語の高座で師匠が別の名前を名乗った · B1
well
Also means: smoothly · skillfully · delicious

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

dream
technique
Also means: technology
九百年にわたって受け継がれてきたその技術は、今や匠造ただ一人の手の中にあった。
The technique that has been passed down for nine hundred years was now in the hands of Shozo alone.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2especially
特に、ジェットコースターはいつも「怖い」と言っていました。
Especially, [regarding] roller coasters, he always said they were "scary."
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2
explain
Also means: description · explanation

research
進行中の研究データが全部入っているものです。
It's the one that contains all the ongoing research data.
推薦状を書いてくれた教授が失踪した · B1
internet
ネットで確認できそうなら見てみてください
If it seems like I can check online, please take a look for me.
落語の高座で師匠が別の名前を名乗った · B1completely

fault
Also means: imagination · because of

many flat items
Also means: several sheets

serious or difficult
Also means: very valuable

be serious
Also means: be difficult

calm down
Also means: be calm · feel restless · when/once someone calms down
do (humble polite form)

road or path
Also means: life path

ceremony
Also means: -type
just recently
Also means: only

announcement
結果発表の時、美咲は自分の点数を確認しました。
At the time of the results announcement, Misaki [checked] her own score confirmed.
コンクールで零点をつけられた演奏 · A2
increase and …
Also means: increase
弟子が増え、やがて弟子の弟子ができた。
The number of disciples increased, and eventually there were disciples of disciples.
琉球宮廷舞踊を本土へ伝えた最後の踊り手 · B2
wait
温度と湿度を慎重に管理し、二日間、ただ待った。
Carefully managing the temperature and humidity, he just waited for two days.
シベリア抑留から持ち帰った酒蔵の麹菌 · B2
collect
みんなから集めたお金を先生に預けましたが、会場への振り込みを確認していませんでした。
We entrusted the money collected from everyone to the teacher, but we haven't confirmed the transfer to the venue.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1
not give up
Also means: give up · be unable to give up

not be enough

phone call
Also means: telephone

money
matter
Also means: counter for cases or messages

oneself
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
system

event

hey
Also means: expressive sentence-ending particle

do our best
Also means: will do my best · do one’s best · was doing one’s best

thirty
三十分後、台所にいい香りが広がりました。
Thirty minutes later, in the kitchen a good scent spread.
捨てられるはずだった昆布が変えた出汁の味 · A2
thirteen
振り返ると、十三歳の息子、太一が走ってきた。
When he turned around, his thirteen-year-old son, Taichi, came running.
廃藩置県の朝に川へ捨てた刀 · A2
twenty
20年以上ぶりで、本当に驚いてしまって。
It was the first time in over 20 years, so I was really surprised.
二十年ぶりに届いた交換日記 · B1
twenty-one
二十一歳で入隊し、南方の島へ渡った。
He enlisted at twenty-one and crossed over to a southern island.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
twenty-eight
ファイルに「この年度の卒業生は29人です」ってメモしたアルバムのクラス写真は28人しか写ってないから
I made a note in the file saying "There are 29 graduates for this year." Since only 28 people are in the album's class photo.
卒業アルバムに写っていない同級生 · A2
good work

early
Also means: quick

work
Also means: want to work · cooperate

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

indeed

mouth
Also means: mention

plan

war
戦争が拡大し、プールは次第に軍の施設へと転用された。
The war expanded, and pools were gradually converted into military facilities.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
everyone

news

registration
ご登録の区画番号は「C棟14番」でよろしいでしょうか?
Is the registered plot number 'Building C, No. 14' correct?
納骨堂の番号が一つ足りない · B1if I remember correctly
千住音楽院は、確か先生の昔からの友人が経営していたはずです。
Senju Music Academy was, if I recall, run by a long-time friend of the teacher.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1introduction
昔の登山雑誌に掲載されたご家族の紹介記事があって、そこに連絡先が残っていたかもしれないと
There was an article introducing your family published in an old climbing magazine, and perhaps the contact information remained there
山岳部の遭難届に自分の名前が入っていた · B1really

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

certain
ただ、社が完成したという確かな重みが、その場を支配していた。
Only the certain weight of the shrine's completion dominated the scene.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2
shape
Also means: wording · grammatical form
someday
Also means: what time · when · sometime

issue
Also means: number

investigation
この花の存在を報告すれば、当然ながら確認調査が入るだろう。
If she reported the existence of this flower, a confirmation survey would naturally be conducted.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
plan
村議会が、大手開発業者に湖の周辺土地を売却する計画を進めているというのだ。
the village council selling the land around the lake to a major developer was proceeding with the plan.
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
setting
遥は立ち上がり、棚から患者登録ファイルを引き出した。西村朋子、44歳。入院時の記入欄「LINEアカウントID(連絡先通知用)」に、病院の管理アカウントのIDが書かれていた。本人が入力を誤ったのか、記録転記のミスか——とにかく、このアカウントへの転送設定が残っていた。
Haruka stood up and pulled out a patient registration file from a shelf. Tomoko Nishimura, 44 years old. In the entry field from when she was admitted, labeled 'LINE Account ID (for contact notification)', the ID of the hospital's administrative account was written. Whether she made an input error herself or it was a mistake in recording the data—in any case, the forwarding setting to this account remained.
隣の霊安室から転送されてきたLINE · B1
stop
technically
作曲家として二十年のキャリアを持つ誠一は、批評家から「技術的には完璧だが、感情に乏しい」と評されることが多かった。
Seiichi, who had a twenty-year career as a composer, was often criticized by critics as being 'technically perfect, but lacking in emotion.'
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
researcher
研究者が何人も来て、周辺が踏み荒らされるかもしれない。
Many researchers would come, and the surrounding area might be trampled.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
hardly
Also means: most

morning

long ago
Also means: former · old days

team

life

article
以前の記事に、本名とプロフィールが載っていたのかもしれませんね。
In a previous article, your real name and profile might have been published.
島の民宿に届いたFAXが自分宛だった · A2shop or store suffix

past
Also means: pass
水木が湯の沢温泉に着いたのは、夕方の五時過ぎだった。
The time that Mizuki arrived at Yunosawa Onsen was just past five in the evening.
古い旅館から消えた宿帳 · B1
development
十年前に、山を削る開発の話が出たときにもな。」
Ten years ago, too, when they proposed development that would carve into the mountain.”
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2plain nonpast verb ending
at the time of
田中さん、移動の際はくれぐれもお気をつけください。
Mr. Tanaka, please be very careful when you're moving.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
type A blood

room
Also means: sumo stable

cup or glass
Also means: full · lot

yes
Also means: huh?

family

man

government
be thought to
外出中のものだけでなく、この部屋の窓を外から撮ったと思われるものも。
Not just while I was out, but also ones that seem to have been taken of my room window from outside.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
place
絶滅危惧種の自生地が公開された途端に消えてしまった事例を、梓はいくつも知っていた。
Cases where the natural habitats of endangered species were disclosed and subsequently vanished; Azusa knew of many such examples.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2what kind of

get used to
Also means: familiar · once getting used to it
蓮くんが「新しいやり方に早く慣れてほしい」って言いましたよね
Ren-kun said, "to the new way I want you to get used to it quickly" didn't you?
同期の退職理由が自分のせいだと言われた · A2
breath
Also means: coordination · spirit

go regularly to a place
Also means: attend regularly

summer

english

figure
Also means: appearance · form

administration

area
松本さんは八十代で、この地域のことをよく知っていた。
Mr. Matsumoto was in his eighties, and knew about this region very well.
廃線の終点に残された往復切符 · B1
period of time
「足を怪我したとき、踊れなかった期間がありましたよね?」
"When you injured your leg, there was a period where you couldn't dance, right?"
阿波踊りを七十年踊り続けた女師匠 · B1
face photo

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 · A1formal element used with に to mean “in/within”
当時の美術界において、女性の感性は家庭的で装飾的なものと見なされ、社会の深淵を描くことは許されていなかったのだ。
In the art world of that time, female sensibility was regarded as domestic and decorative, and depicting the abyss of society was not permitted.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
pull
Also means: recede, linking to the next clause · be applied

beautiful

intentional

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
win

university

room
Also means: compartment

twenty-two

question
取材のための質問ばかり考えていた自分が、急に小さく感じられた。
I, who had only been thinking about questions for my report, suddenly felt small.
屋久島の千年杉を守る男 · B1
card
do
oneself
彼女は自分のアイデンティティを隠したのではなく、芸術のために新しい名前を創造したのだと、ようやく自分自身を許すことができたのである。
She hadn't hidden her identity, but rather, that she had created a new name for the sake of art— she was finally able to forgive herself.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2including
Also means: if you include

add

rise
Also means: be posted online · enter a home

building manager

contact

foot or leg
Also means: feet

previously
Also means: previous
「実家に帰るとしたら新潟しかない」と、以前話してくださったことがあります。
"If I were to return to my hometown, it would have to be Niigata," he has told me before.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1
safety
係の人が安全の合図を間違えたのです。
The person in charge had made a mistake with the safety signal.
弓道の決勝で最後の一本を射たなかった高校生 · A2
king
王の前に立った、あの頃の踊り手の顔だ。
It was the face of the dancer from those days, standing before the King.
琉球宮廷舞踊を本土へ伝えた最後の踊り手 · B2
military
Also means: army
戦争が拡大し、プールは次第に軍の施設へと転用された。
The war expanded, and pools were gradually converted into military facilities.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
war

easy to

length
何だろうと思って人波の方に向かうと、長さが30メートル以上もある黄金色の龍が、ゆっくりと、しかし力強く動いていた。
Wondering what it was, as he headed toward the crowd, a golden dragon over 30 meters long was there, moving slowly but powerfully.
長崎くんちの龍踊りを受け継いだ外国人 · B1
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
cross over
Also means: exceed · get through · when/once crossing over
高い山の峠を越えるとき、天狗が旅人に三つの掟を守らせるという話だ。
When crossing the high mountain pass, a Tengu (mountain goblin) makes travelers follow three rules, so the story goes.
天狗が守る峠の三つの掟 · A2
yes
Also means: pardon? · hello

big
Also means: serious · deep

music

official
Also means: officially · official account
蓮は島を出て、はじめて公式試合に出た。
Ren left the island and participated in an official match for the first time.
柔道部のない島の中学生が挑んだ県大会 · B1
series
この『富嶽三十六景』というシリーズは、北斎が長い間夢見ていた大きな仕事だった。
This series called 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' was, a great work that Hokusai had dreamed of for a long time.
葛飾北斎が諦めなかった波 · B1at most
「今日600」「明日は500以下にする」みたいな感じで
Like, "600 today," "tomorrow keep it under 500," that kind of thing.
誰も知らない先輩の引退理由 · A2
end
前半終了。ケンジのチームが3点リード。ケンジは14得点、ユウは10得点。
End of the first half. Kenji's team leads by 3 points. Kenji has 14 points, Yuu has 10 points.
代打で出た試合の相手が元チームメイトだった · A2
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
with care
Also means: take care of yourself

not at all
Also means: completely · much more (than ...)

lie
Also means: no way

old

important

raise/straighten the body (connective form)
Also means: if/when someone wakes someone up · kindle a fire

to snap or break
Also means: to be disconnected

hospital
でも彼女は、病院で試験を受けて卒業資格をとりました。
But she took exams in the hospital and got her graduation qualifications.
卒業アルバムに写っていない同級生 · A2
counter for individual items

past
誰かが間違えて捨てたのか、それとも意図的に過去を断ち切るために捨てたのか。
Had someone thrown it away by mistake, or had they thrown it away intentionally to sever ties with the past?
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2action

expectations
でも、親の期待とか、流れとか、そういうのと自分の気持ちがごちゃごちゃになってて …
But my parents’ expectations, the way things were going, and stuff like that were all tangled up with my own feelings …
兄の婚約者から届いた本音 · B1quite

tie up

directly beside

light
Also means: hikari

low
Also means: low-pitched · unlikely
「本当に何があるのか、確かめましょう」潮が低くなると、岩の形がよく見えました。
“Let’s make sure what is really there.” When the tide went down, the shape of the rock became clearly visible.
伊能忠敬が地図に描かなかった小島 · A2
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 · A1
already
中を見てはいけないと思ったが、封筒はすでに開いていた。
She thought she shouldn't look inside, but the envelope was already open.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
rice
菌は米と水と空気の中に生き、その蔵だけの酒を生み出してきた。
The mold lived in the rice, water, and air, and had produced the sake unique to that brewery.
シベリア抑留から持ち帰った酒蔵の麹菌 · B2how
Also means: all of them
I
Also means: here · side

line

history
Also means: history as a school subject
しかし、その晩年については謎が多く、歴史の闇に消えた人物だった。
However, there are many mysteries regarding his later years, and he was a person who had vanished into the darkness of history.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2oneself (honorific)

period
「橘源三郎作」——明治期の著名な面打師の名だ。
'Made by Tachibana Genzaburo'—the name of a famous mask-maker of the Meiji period.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
faction
外国船に近づく者、ましてや外国人の命を救う者は、尊王攘夷派の浪人に命を狙われかねない。
Those who approach foreign ships, let alone those who save the lives of foreigners, could have their lives targeted by 'Sonno Joi' masterless samurai.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
to flow
Also means: pass by · appear · play (as audio)
工場から流れる汚水が蛍川に入り、川底の泥は黒くなり、独特な臭いがするようになった。
Polluted water flowing from the factory entered the Hotaru River, the mud at the bottom of the river became black, and it started to have a distinct smell.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1
inside
Also means: depths

arrive
Also means: reach someone · be within sight · reach someone’s nose as a smell

blood type B

cat

dog

festival

police
今夜のご不安を考えると、警察への相談もお勧めします。
Given your anxiety tonight, I also recommend consulting the police.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
something to look forward to

athlete

twenty-three
vehicle (counter)
Also means: platform · stand · support surface

part

final

image

make a noise

thirty-two
additional
this guy
「こいつが俺に負けたやつか〜」とか思ってそう笑😭
"So this is the guy who lost to me~" or something, he's probably thinking, lol 😭
剣道の段位証書に他人の写真が入っていた · A2
mother

sea

week

program/show
よい演奏ができれば、東京の番組に出られるかもしれない。
If I can give a good performance, I might be able to appear on a Tokyo TV program.
津軽三味線の三本目の糸が切れた夜 · A2
nationwide
先生、今日全国模試の答案が返ってきたんですが
Teacher, today the national mock exam answer sheets came back, but...
全国模試の自分の解答用紙が別の高校にある · A2
special

special

received

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

deliver
Also means: cannot deliver
昔の味を、お客さんに届けましょう」美咲の父と店主は、しばらく黙った。
Let's deliver the old taste to our customers. Misaki's father and the shop owner were silent for a while.
二つの家が同じ名で売る若狭のへしこ · A2
ask
Also means: please · be asked · want to ask

shinto shrine
ただ、社が完成したという確かな重みが、その場を支配していた。
Only the certain weight of the shrine's completion dominated the scene.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2
first
Also means: almost never
then
Also means: well then · see you

vicinity
Also means: nearby · nearly

after that
Also means: subsequent

thousand
about

council member
次の朝、凛は村議会の議員の一人である叔父に会いに行った。
The next morning, Rin went to see her uncle, one of the village council members her uncle.
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2environment
蓮とは、練習環境がまったく違う。
The practice environment was completely different from Ren's.
柔道部のない島の中学生が挑んだ県大会 · B1
last day
今日が私の最終日で、片づけをしていたら驚くものを見つけました。
Today is my last day, and... while I was tidying up, I found something surprising.
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
design
でも彼女は東京でデザインの仕事をしていたし、醤油の作り方をよく知らなかった。
But she had been doing design work in Tokyo, and she didn't know the way to make soy sauce very well.
小豆島の醤油蔵に残った最後の木桶 · B1in other words

father
Also means: character 父
この島と父が繋がっているなんて、考えたこともなかった。
That my father and this island are connected, I had never even considered it.
島の民宿に届いたFAXが自分宛だった · A2
month(s)

yes
Also means: huh?


data

video footage
ultimate

culture
彼女の論文の仮説は「祇園祭は京都の伝統文化の純粋な結晶だ」というものだった。
The hypothesis of her thesis was that 'The Gion Festival is a pure crystallization of Kyoto's traditional culture.'
祇園祭の山鉾に眠る異国の布 · B2
discovery

age twenty
「幼いころから制作を手伝い、」「二十歳を過ぎるころには、父よりも腕が立つほどになっていたと聞いています」「橘源三郎の娘さん、ということですか」「そうです。
'She helped with the production from a young age,' “By the time she was past twenty, I hear she had become more skilled than her father.” 'You mean she was the daughter of Tachibana Genzaburo?' “That’s right.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
japanese-style fried chicken

presentation event

unpleasant
Also means: dislike someone

opposite
Also means: reversed
はなちゃんと毎月シフトが逆なの、なんで?
The fact that your shifts are opposite to Hana-chan's every month, why is that?
同じシフトに入れてもらえない理由 · A2
item

o’clock

thirty
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

yesterday
Also means: yesterday’s
昨日、さくらちゃんが変なことを聞いてごめんなさい。
Yesterday, Sakura-chan asked strange things and I'm sorry.
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
this year

alcoholic drink
酒と少しの砂糖を使う」「山本春江は、おばあちゃん?」
It uses sake and a little sugar. Is Harue Yamamoto Grandma?
二つの家が同じ名で売る若狭のへしこ · A2utmost extent
Also means: unless · as long as
宮本はそこへ、あらん限りの力でタスキを渡した。
There, Miyamoto passed the sash with every ounce of his strength.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
father’s day

experience
originating from
Also means: born in
父が生前、「このソースはイギリス生まれだ」と言っていたのを思い出した。
He remembered his father saying while he was alive, 'This sauce was born in England.'
戦後の闇市で生まれたソース焼きそば · B2selection as a representative
Also means: representative
代表通知を手にして笑顔だった、十八歳の自分を。
Of his eighteen-year-old self, who had been smiling with the selection notice in hand.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
member

enemy
economically

interest

late
Also means: slow

several thousand
何千ものホタルが川の上で光を放ち、少年の目には星が地上に降りてきたように見えた。
Thousands of fireflies emitted light over the river, and to the boy's eyes, it looked as if the stars had come down to earth.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1
pass away

young

find

want to try

for ... years

well; healthy

bus

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

point
試合は2点差で負けた。ラスト1分、ユウのスリーポイントが止まらなかった。
We lost the game by 2 points. In the last minute, Yuu's three-pointers were unstoppable.
代打で出た試合の相手が元チームメイトだった · A2as a test
試しに、ゆきはその醤油を指で少しなめてみた。
As a trial, Yuki tried licking a bit of that soy sauce with her finger.
小豆島の醤油蔵に残った最後の木桶 · B1
product
レジでミスが増えるし、商品の場所も間違えるし
Mistakes at the register increase, and I even get product locations wrong
同じシフトに入れてもらえない理由 · A2
decide

language
オランダ語の通詞では言葉が通じず、難儀しております」イネは黙って話を聞いた。
The Dutch interpreters cannot make themselves understood, and they are in distress.' Ine listened to the story in silence.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
sorry
Also means: get by with

hide

cleaning
very
外から入ることは非常に難しいとわかった。
He found out that joining from the outside was extremely difficult.
長崎くんちの龍踊りを受け継いだ外国人 · B1
mistake
Also means: certainly

get through by phone
Also means: be connected · get a signal
please do
Also means: by all means

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
clothes

star
Also means: star shape

study
course of events

indicator
Also means: display
遥はLINEを閉じ、内線で上司に電話をかけた。受話器を持つ手に、少し力が入っていた。窓の外、仙台の午後はまだ明るかった。でも画面を振り返ると、渡辺亮の最後のメッセージには「既読」の表示だけが残っていた。返事は来なかった。
Haruka closed LINE and called her superior on the internal line. Her hand holding the receiver tensed slightly. Outside the window, Sendai's afternoon was still bright. But when she looked back at the screen, only the 'Read' status remained on Ryo Watanabe's last message. No reply came.
隣の霊安室から転送されてきたLINE · B1
report

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
travel
田中さん、移動の際はくれぐれもお気をつけください。
Mr. Tanaka, please be very careful when you're moving.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
project
えっと...藤原さんは前の会社でかなりひどい上司でした。毎日、理由もなく残業させられて。私が作ったレポートや企画も、全部藤原さんの成果として報告されてました。私の名前は一度も出なかった。だから転職したかったんです。中村さんに言わなかったのは...もう終わったことだと思ってたので。すみません。
Um... Fujiwara-san was a pretty terrible boss at my previous company. Every day, I was made to work overtime for no reason. All the reports and proposals I created were reported as Fujiwara-san's achievements. My name was never mentioned. That's why I wanted to change jobs. The reason I didn't tell you, Nakamura-san, was... I thought it was all over. I'm sorry.
転職先の会社に元上司がいる · A2
sad
Also means: being sad and · linking form of “sad” before negation

hesitating
Also means: be hesitating · hesitate, then · get lost
京子は手渡すべきかどうか迷い、ただアルバムをそっと前に差し出した。
Kyoko hesitated over whether to hand it to her, and simply held the album out gently in front of her.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
sky
Also means: empty · air

(laughs)
-kun (an honorific suffix for boys and men)

character
Also means: written text · handwriting

wife
三十年前、妻にプロポーズした場所なんです。
It is the place where I proposed to my wife thirty years ago.
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1
second

facility
Also means: military installation

whole

dislike
furthermore
「なお本面については、面打師橘節子による制作の可能性を示す資料が新たに発見されており、」「蒼月堂はその調査を進めております」会場がわずかに動いた。
“As for this mask, by the mask carver Tachibana Setsuko documents indicating the possibility that it was made have recently been discovered,” 'and Sogetsudo is proceeding with an investigation.' The room stirred slightly.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
sports

egg
weak
Also means: being weak and · weakly · was weak
なぜかと問われれば、証拠として弱すぎたからだと答えるだろう。
If asked why, I would likely answer that it was because it was too weak as evidence.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
be contained
マイクを通した声は少し歪んでいたが、その言葉に含まれた切実な心配の色は十分に伝わった。
The voice through the microphone was a bit distorted, but the tone of earnest worry contained in the words was fully conveyed.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
night owl

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
cold
Also means: probably cold · is cold

pass through
Also means: lose strength
その朝、商店街を抜けたところで、田中は前方に一人の女性の後ろ姿を見た。
That morning, just as he emerged from the shopping district, Tanaka saw the back of a woman ahead of him.
六十年間同じ道を歩いた男が初めて曲がった角 · B2
final inning
しかし最終回、勇太は一球を投げ、それがホームランになってしまった。
But in the final inning, Yuta threw one ball, and it ended up becoming a home run.
甲子園の最後の一球 · B1
deep
Also means: deeply · deep and · rich
of course

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 · A2if

intention
Also means: belief that one has done something

hundreds of
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
almost

look up
Also means: investigate

details
(桜田の覚書、明治三十五年十一月)三島事件については、ここに詳細を記しておく。
(Sakurada's Memorandum, November Meiji 35) Regarding the Mishima incident, I shall record the details here.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2for now
とりあえず、×の場所がどのあたりか、もう少し詳しくわかりますか
For now, About where is the × located? Can you tell me more specifically?
引越し先の壁に隠されていた地図 · A2to be in the process of
今の長崎は、「攘夷」の気運が高まりつつある時代だ。
Nagasaki at this time was in an era where the 'Jo-i' (expelling foreigners) sentiment was rising.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
times
君江の声は、インタビューのときより何倍も大きくて、力強かった。
Kimie's voice, compared to during the interview, was many times louder and more powerful.
阿波踊りを七十年踊り続けた女師匠 · B1
consciousness
えー、葵。搬送中。女性は意識はっきりしてる。さっき少しだけ話してくれた。「ちゃんと届けを出してもらえるか心配だったから、自分で手配した」って言った。葵の父親に電話したのも自分だって。なんで、とは言わなかった。でも怖い顔じゃなかった。ただ、すごく疲れた顔してた。
Uh, Aoi. She's being transported. The woman is conscious. She said a little earlier, 'I was worried if a proper report would be filed, so I made arrangements myself.' She said she was the one who called Aoi's father. I didn't ask why. But she didn't have a scary face. She just looked very tired.
山岳部の遭難届に自分の名前が入っていた · B1
protection
そして適切な保護措置をとるためには、公的機関の力が必要だ。
And in order to take appropriate protective measures, the support of public institutions is necessary.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
value

right to host
1940年7月、日本政府はオリンピックの開催権を正式に返上した。
In July 1940, the Japanese government formally returned (forfeited) the right to host the Olympics.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
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

high school
田中リョウは高校二年生の剣道選手です。
Tanaka Ryo is a second-year high school student's kendo player.
全国大会の前日に折れた竹刀 · A2
answer

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

person in charge

period

concert
青森市の音楽会で演奏することになったのだ。
It had been decided that she would perform at a concert in Aomori City.
津軽三味線の三本目の糸が切れた夜 · A2
all over
Also means: entire surface

failure
失敗のおかげで、次の目標ができたってこと!
Thanks to the mistake, it means you have your next goal!
剣道の段位証書に他人の写真が入っていた · A2
making
刀作りの最後に、剣蔵はいつも古い小さな壺を取り出しました。
At the end of the sword-making process, Kenzō would always an old, small pot take out.
江戸の刀鍛冶が守った秘密 · A2
feeling
彼は自分の無力さを突きつけられているような気分だった。
He felt his own powerlessness as though it were being thrust in his face.
戦後の闇市で生まれたソース焼きそば · B2
now, now

phone number
Also means: identification number · bib number

sorry

be delayed
Also means: late · be late
地図には、見たいものではなく、本当にあるものを描きます」仕事は少し遅れましたが、漁師たちはその印を見て安心しました。
On maps, we draw not what we want to see, but what really exists.” The work was delayed a little, but The fishermen felt reassured when they saw that mark.
伊能忠敬が地図に描かなかった小島 · A2
medicine

as is
Also means: right afterward

feel at ease
Also means: secure

song
「これは、去年亡くなった田中さんが作った歌です。
'This is, (the person who) passed away last year, a song that Mr. Tanaka made.
合唱団が最後に選んだ誰も知らない曲 · A2other
Also means: elsewhere / another option

firmly
Also means: carefully

submission
Also means: social-media post

title
each one’s
Also means: each one

adult

center
白い花びらに細かい切れ込みが入り、中心から薄紫の筋が走っている。
With fine notches in the white petals, and light purple streaks running from the center.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
solving
明治後期に横浜で活動していたとされる私立探偵で、いくつかの難事件の解決に関わったという記録がわずかに残っている。
A private detective said to have been active in Yokohama during the late Meiji period, records of his involvement in solving several difficult cases remain, though only a few.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
student
桜井七海と名乗り、京都の建築学科の学生だと言う。
Introducing herself as Nanami Sakurai, she said she was an architecture student from Kyoto.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2
death
真由が父の死を知ったのは、東京の警察からの電話だった。
It was when Mayu learned of her father's death, that a phone call came from the Tokyo police.
四十年間、故郷に帰らなかった父が残した通帳 · B2
tenth
屋久島は鹿児島の南にある島で、島の九割以上が山と森に覆われている。
Yakushima is an island south of Kagoshima, and more than 90% of the island by mountains and forests is covered.
屋久島の千年杉を守る男 · B1
exchange
開けたら、中に私と木下さくらちゃんが書いてた交換日記が入ってた
When I opened it, inside was the exchange diary that Sakura Kinoshita and I used to write in
二十年ぶりに届いた交換日記 · B1
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
several months
田中は数ヶ月かけて、かすれた音符を一つ一つ読み取った。
Tanaka spent several months reading the faded notes one by one.
沖縄の地下壕で書き残された楽譜 · B2
red
Also means: is red · red and …

at that time
当時の役員がまだ会社にいる。
The executives from that time are still in the company.
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
cooking
Also means: cooked dishes or food
what’s more

thanks
Also means: gratitude

dangerous
that much

oh

japanese person
Also means: japanese
ランタンの光の中、彼らはイネを見て一瞬、困惑した様子を見せた——女医師、しかも見た目が日本人とも西洋人ともつかない人物であることに。
In the lantern light, they saw Ine and for a moment, showed a confused appearance— —a female doctor, moreover, whose appearance could be taken as neither Japanese nor Western the fact that she was such a person.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2naturally
Also means: nature

right side

kill
三島幸太郎を殺したのが誰であれ、この事件は私の心の中では永遠に閉じられない。
Whoever it was that killed Kotaro Mishima, this case will never be closed within my heart.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
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 · A2as expected
Also means: surely not · even i couldn’t…

spontaneously
Also means: inevitably · naturally · naturally and unobtrusively
ずっと触れられなかったのに、今日は自然に手が伸びた。
Even though I couldn't touch it for so long, today my hand reached for it naturally.
俳句の投稿欄に死んだ妻の名前があった · B1
accept

vicinity
Also means: around that point
とりあえず、×の場所がどのあたりか、もう少し詳しくわかりますか
For now, About where is the × located? Can you tell me more specifically?
引越し先の壁に隠されていた地図 · A2
anniversary
be swayed
Also means: leak information · shed tears
個人の情に流されてはならない」綱代の神は、束の中の一本に目を止めた。
We must not be swayed by personal feelings.” The god of Ajiro fixed his eyes on one thread in the bundle.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
various
同じ電車で学校へ行き、毎日いろいろな話をした。
They went to school on the same train and talked about many things every day.
同窓会で一人だけ旧姓を呼ばなかった友人 · A2
organized
聴いてくれる人が、どこかにいるはずだと思って」六月二十三日、組織的な抵抗が終わった後も、多くの人がまだ壕に残っていた。
I think there must be someone, somewhere, who will listen." On June 23rd, even after organized resistance had ended, many people still remained in the dugouts.
沖縄の地下壕で書き残された楽譜 · B2
person in charge

be unable to sleep
Also means: couldn’t sleep · be able to sleep

group

match

spring
surely

memory
ずっしりと重いその本には、誰かの三十年分の記憶が詰まっているように感じられた。
That hefty book seemed to contain someone’s thirty years’ worth of memories seemed to be filled with.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
sporting tournament
Also means: games

camera

fact
でも、あの花が今日もそこに咲いているという事実は変わらない。
But the fact that those flowers are still blooming there today does not change.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2craftsperson (professional suffix)
Also means: master
「橘源三郎作」——明治期の著名な面打師の名だ。
'Made by Tachibana Genzaburo'—the name of a famous mask-maker of the Meiji period.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
preparation
Also means: readiness

go

imagination
even
Also means: as long as
楽器はおろか、声を出すことさえはばかられた。
Let alone an instrument, even raising one's voice was hesitated over.
沖縄の地下壕で書き残された楽譜 · B2oneself
Also means: body
ザックを下ろし、岩の陰に身を寄せた。
She took off her backpack and huddled in the shelter of a rock.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2judgment
引き返せるけど、届出が正式に受理されてるなら俺の判断じゃ動けない
I can turn back, but if the report has been officially accepted I can't move based on my judgment alone
山岳部の遭難届に自分の名前が入っていた · B1
love you

be called
大国主命の右腕とも呼ばれる福の神が、今年切るべき糸の束を卓上に広げた。
The god of fortune, who is also called the right hand of Okuninushi no Mikoto, spread out the bundle of threads that should be cut this year onto the table.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
speak to someone
人に声かけたら「さっきも来てたよね?」って言われて、あかりちゃんも混乱してたって笑
When she talked to people, she was told "You were just here, right?" and, Akari-chan was also confused (lol)
地元の祭りに自分のそっくりさんが参加していた · A2
contact information

two hundred
しかし二百メートル進むごとに、その痛みは確実に増していった。
However, with every two hundred meters he advanced, the pain steadily increased.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
three thousand

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

fear (linking form)
Also means: without fearing · not fear (in an if-clause)

several hundred
一か月前には数百人いたのに、今はもう四十人もいなかった。
A month ago, there were several hundred people, but... now there were not even forty people.
西郷隆盛の最後の朝食 · B1
page
Also means: web page

this time
Also means: next time

okay
Also means: ready

future

parents
in the end

important
Also means: precious
reality
まさに夢が現実になろうとした瞬間に、その夢は音もなく崩れ始めていた。
At the very moment his dream was about to become reality, that dream was beginning to crumble without a sound.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
personal computer

provide
白いバラ、白いユリ、白いガーベラなどをご用意できます。
White roses, white lilies, and white gerberas can be prepared.
元交際相手が自分の結婚式場を予約した · A2species
絶滅危惧種の自生地が公開された途端に消えてしまった事例を、梓はいくつも知っていた。
Cases where the natural habitats of endangered species were disclosed and subsequently vanished; Azusa knew of many such examples.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2
cherish
Also means: carefully

get on
春子はバッグからキャンバスのエプロンを取り出して、病院の廊下でたたみ直した。それからエレベーターに乗った。
Haruko took a canvas apron from her bag and refolded it in the hospital hallway. Then she got into the elevator.
お見舞いの花が全部偽物だった · A2
put back
「ホタルを戻そうとしているんです」と一郎は答えた。
'I'm trying to bring the fireflies back,' Ichiro replied.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1
important

being tired

painful or difficult

island

back side
Also means: back · bottom half of an inning · sole

person themself
こちらの句は、昨年十二月に、立川文子様ご本人から郵便でお送りいただいたものです。
This poem was, in December last year, sent by mail from Fumiko Tatsukawa herself.
俳句の投稿欄に死んだ妻の名前があった · B1
reservation
その日の昼には、三十人の予約がありました。
There were reservations for thirty people for lunch that day.
台風で塩が届かなかった讃岐うどん店 · A2
position
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 · A2made by the named artist
「橘源三郎作」——明治期の著名な面打師の名だ。
'Made by Tachibana Genzaburo'—the name of a famous mask-maker of the Meiji period.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
response
Also means: reaction
何度か叩いても、すぐには反応がなかった。
Even after knocking several times, there was no immediate reaction.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
bank
段ボール箱を一つひとつ開けていくうちに、真由は古い銀行の封筒を見つけた。
While opening the cardboard boxes one by one, Mayu found an old bank envelope.
四十年間、故郷に帰らなかった父が残した通帳 · B2
raise

dramatic

japanese
トーマスの日本語も上手くなり、仲間たちとの会話も増えてきた。
Thomas's Japanese improved, and conversations with his teammates increased.
長崎くんちの龍踊りを受け継いだ外国人 · B1
lol

be found

offshore
「でも、私はもう次の絵を考えている」その波の絵は後に『神奈川沖浪裏』と呼ばれた。
"But, I am already thinking about the next picture." That wave picture was later called 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'.
葛飾北斎が諦めなかった波 · B1
beautiful
とても綺麗な景色ですね」女性の目に、涙がそっと浮かんだ。
It is a very beautiful view, isn't it?" Tears gently welled up in the woman's eyes.
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1
short
Also means: briefly
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