
exist
Also means: is not present · certain · take place
110 words · Story levels: A0–B2
Including: ある · さ · 人 · 日 · そう

ある · aru
exist

exist
Also means: is not present · certain · take place
suffix forming a noun for a quality or degree
Also means: know · casual sentence-ending particle adding emphasis

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

day
Also means: day of the month
so
Also means: yes · that way · such
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 · A2way
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 · B2as 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 · A2look
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 · B1when
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 · A2“-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

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 · B2
inside
Also means: in progress; during · among · junior high school
better to
Also means: person (polite) · (in comparison) · way

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

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

on top of
Also means: above · from a structural standpoint
time
Also means: inning · edition
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
book
Also means: counter for long, slender objects
general counter for things
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(tower designation)
Also means: subcategory A
suffix meaning “type/kind”
affectionate familiar suffix for kinship terms
Also means: affectionate familiar suffix after a name

too much; excessively
Also means: past
place (counter for places)
mr./ms. (honorific suffix)
Also means: honorific suffix for a deity

place

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

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 · A2letter 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 · B1
always
Also means: usual · as usual · word “いつも”

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

student in a specified school year

point
Also means: piece

number
Also means: turn · keeper
counter for flat objects

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 · B1what kind of

ceremony
Also means: -type
matter
Also means: counter for cases or messages

issue
Also means: number
shop or store suffix
plain nonpast verb ending
formal 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
counter for individual items
vehicle (counter)
Also means: platform · stand · support surface

month(s)

item

o’clock
-kun (an honorific suffix for boys and men)

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 · B1craftsperson (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 · B2made 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
floor
after an interval of

and a half
Also means: half
attached to
父はかつて出島に勤務したオランダ商館付きの医師、フィリップ・フランツ・フォン・シーボルトだった。
Her father was a doctor assigned to the Dutch trading post at the Dutch factory, Philipp Franz von Siebold.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
room number

half past
department
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-ish
establishment suffix meaning “hall/house”
田中清は、毎朝七時に「珈琲館マルミ」へ入る。
Kiyoshi Tanaka, every morning at seven o'clock enters "Coffee House Marumi."
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1respectful honorific suffix
お兄さまの剛さんについてお話ししたいことがあり、ご連絡しました
There is something I want to talk to you about regarding your brother Takeshi, so I am contacting you
酒蔵の蔵人が仕込み中に姿を消した · B1unchecked
かつては子供たちの笑い声が響いていた路地も、今では雑草が伸び放題で、深い静寂が村を支配していた。
The alleys where children's laughter once echoed, were now overgrown with weeds, and a deep silence dominated the village.
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
completed
together (as in “together with”)
ページを開くと、古びた紙の匂いと共に、几帳面な筆跡で「明治三十五年 私的覚書 桜田伊三郎」と記されていた。
Upon opening the pages, along with the smell of old paper, in methodical handwriting, 'Meiji 35 (1902), Private Memorandum, Isaburo Sakurada' was recorded.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
full of / covered in
そこへ、弟子の健吉が煤だらけの顔で走ってきた。
Then, Kenkichi, his apprentice, came running with a face covered in soot.
関東大震災の翌朝に炊き出しを始めた板前 · B1flower counter
Also means: hoop
41番の扉の前に残されていた、一輪の枯れた小菊。
Left in front of the door of No. 41, a single withered chrysanthemum.
納骨堂の番号が一つ足りない · B1counter 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 · A1humble plural suffix: “we/us”
私どもも、こうしてご連絡いただいて、初めて事情を知りました。
We too, by being contacted like this, learned of the circumstances for the first time.
俳句の投稿欄に死んだ妻の名前があった · B1counter for letters or messages
stories high

month

counter for bound volumes
just under
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 · B2counter for pitches
Also means: pitch · thrown ball
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 · B1marker for a quoted or reported past clause
Also means: even if
business-name suffix
競売会社「蒼月堂」の査定室で、都は白手袋を着けたまま面を持ち上げ、裏を確かめた。
In the appraisal room of the auction house 'Sogetsudo', Miyako lifted the mask while wearing white gloves and checked the back.
競売にかけられた能面の裏に刻まれた名 · B2
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 · A1through
窓から撮られてるのがあるカーテン越しに俺の影が写ってる
There is one taken from the window. My shadow is visible through the curtain.
夜中に届いた宅配便の中身が自分の写真だった · B1
book
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 · A2
years old

plate
Also means: dish
counter for small round objects
Also means: grain · counter for drops of liquid
counter for houses
number
leave something on or undone continuously

municipal
1994年9月12日に、神戸市立中央病院で生まれましたか?
On September 12, 1994, were you born at Kobe Municipal Central Hospital?
同じ日に同じ病院で生まれた他人から連絡が来た · B1night (counter for overnight stays)
奈良田で一泊置いてから、ゆかりは再び山に入った。
After staying one night in Narada, Yukari entered the mountains again.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
tatami mat
Also means: tatami mat as a unit of room size
築百五十年の町家の玄関を開けると、古い木と畳のにおいがした。
When she opened the entrance of the 150-year-old machiya, there was the smell of old wood and tatami mats.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
bundle
Also means: counter for bundles or bunches

addressed to

view
『富嶽三十六景』の中の波の絵がまだできていません。
From within the 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' series, the wave picture is not finished yet.
葛飾北斎が諦めなかった波 · B1built … years ago
築百五十年の町家の玄関を開けると、古い木と畳のにおいがした。
When she opened the entrance of the 150-year-old machiya, there was the smell of old wood and tatami mats.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1two periods before

building number
counter for bales of rice
中を確認すると、米が五俵、醤油、梅干し、そして大きな釜がいくつかあった。
When he checked inside, five bags of rice, soy sauce, pickled plums, and several large pots were there.
関東大震災の翌朝に炊き出しを始めた板前 · B1boat/ship counter

that's enough