講談社学習まんが　日本の歴史

Vocabulary

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Word English Frequency
知識ちしき
knowledge; information
  1. [n] knowledge; information
261 1.598%
日本にほん
Japan
  1. [n] Japan
147 0.900%
月つき
Moon
  1. [n] Moon
  2. [n] month
  3. [n] moonlight
  4. [n] (a) moon; natural satellite
120 0.735%
ことこと
thing; matter
  1. [n] thing; matter
  2. [n] incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. [n] circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. [n] work; business; affair
  5. [n] after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  6. [n-suf] nominalizing suffix
  7. [n-suf] pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
  8. [n] alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
  9. [n] necessity; need
  10. [n] you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
115 0.704%
このこの
this
  1. [adj-pn] this
  2. [adj-pn] last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  3. [adj-pn] you (as in "you liar")
111 0.680%
沖縄おきなわ
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
  1. [n] Okinawa (city, prefecture)
70 0.429%
アメリカアメリカ
(United States of) America; United States; US; USA
  1. [n] (United States of) America; United States; US; USA
  2. [n] America (land mass); the Americas
67 0.410%
として
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  1. [exp] as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  2. [exp] apart from... (used to change the topic)
  3. [exp] even (e.g. "not even a single person")
  4. [exp] thinking that...; trying to...
65 0.398%
子こ
child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
  1. [n,n-suf] child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
  2. [n,n-suf] (one's) child; offspring
  3. [n,n-suf] young woman
  4. [n,n-suf] young (animal)
  5. [n] offshoot
  6. [n] interest
  7. [n] new share
  8. [n] player who is not a dealer
  9. [n] young geisha; young prostitute
  10. [n] bird egg
  11. [n-suf] -er (often of young women)
63 0.386%
そのその
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
59 0.361%
軍ぐん
army; armed forces; troops
  1. [n] army; armed forces; troops
  2. [n] military authorities
  3. [n] team; group; troupe
54 0.331%
今いま
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  1. [n,adj-no,adv] now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  2. [adv] another; more
52 0.318%
東京とうきょう
Tokyo
  1. [n] Tokyo
52 0.318%
藩はん
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
  1. [n,n-suf] han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
51 0.312%
当時とうじ
at that time; in those days
  1. [n,adv] at that time; in those days
50 0.306%
というという
called; named; that says; that
  1. [exp] called; named; that says; that
  2. [exp] as many as; as much as
  3. [exp] all ...; every single ...
48 0.294%
どのどの
which; what (way)
  1. [adj-pn] which; what (way)
44 0.269%
までまで
until (a time); till; to; up to
  1. [prt] until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. [prt] to (a place or person); as far as
  3. [prt] to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. [prt] only; merely
44 0.269%
そしてそして
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
  1. [conj] and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
43 0.263%
後あと
behind; rear
  1. [n,adj-no] behind; rear
  2. [n,adj-no] after; later
  3. [n,adj-no] remainder; the rest
  4. [n,adv] more (e.g. five more minutes); left
  5. [n,adv] also; in addition
  6. [n,adj-no] descendant; successor; heir
  7. [n,adj-no] after one's death
  8. [n,adj-no] past; previous
43 0.263%
幕府ばくふ
shogunate; bakufu
  1. [n] shogunate; bakufu
  2. [n] shogun's headquarters
  3. [n] Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
42 0.257%
ためため
good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  1. [n,adv] good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. [n,adv] sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. [n,adv] consequence; result; effect
  4. [n,adv] affecting; regarding; concerning
41 0.251%
人々ひとびと
people; men and women
  1. [n] people; men and women
  2. [n] each person; everybody
41 0.251%
戦いたたかい
battle; war; fight; conflict
  1. [n] battle; war; fight; conflict
  2. [n] fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature)
  3. [n] contest; competition; match; game
41 0.251%
日にち
Sunday
  1. [n] Sunday
  2. [suf] nth day (of the month)
  3. [ctr] counter for days
  4. [n] Japan
41 0.251%
時代じだい
period; epoch; era; age
  1. [n] period; epoch; era; age
  2. [n] the times; those days
  3. [n] oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  4. [n] antique; period piece
40 0.245%
いういう
to say; to utter; to declare
  1. [v5u] to say; to utter; to declare
  2. [v5u] to name; to call
  3. [v5u] to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
39 0.239%
人ひと
person; someone; somebody
  1. [n] person; someone; somebody
  2. [n] human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
  3. [n] human (Homo sapiens)
  4. [n] (other) people; others
  5. [n] character; personality; nature
  6. [n] capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
  7. [n] adult; grown-up
  8. [n] I; me; one
39 0.239%
アイヌ
Ainu
  1. [n] Ainu
38 0.233%
現在げんざい
the present; present time; now
  1. [n,adv,adj-no] the present; present time; now
  2. [n-suf] as of
  3. [n] present tense
  4. [n] this world; this life
  5. [vs,vi] to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
38 0.233%
橋はし
bridge
  1. [n] bridge
37 0.227%
遺跡いせき
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
  1. [n] (archeological) remains; ruins; relics
37 0.227%
わたしわたし
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
35 0.214%
オリンピック
Olympics; Olympic Games
  1. [n] Olympics; Olympic Games
33 0.202%
先生せんせい
teacher; instructor; master
  1. [n] teacher; instructor; master
  2. [n,n-suf] sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
  3. [n] intimate or teasing form of address
  4. [n] one's elder
33 0.202%
中国ちゅうごく
China
  1. [n] China
  2. [n] Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
  3. [n] central part of a country; main region
  4. [n] province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
32 0.196%
戦いくさ
war; battle; campaign; fight
  1. [n] war; battle; campaign; fight
  2. [n] troops; forces
32 0.196%
約やく
approximately; about
  1. [adv] approximately; about
  2. [n] promise; appointment; engagement
  3. [n] shortening; reduction; simplification
  4. [n] contraction (in phonetics)
32 0.196%
いい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
  1. [adj-ix] good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
  2. [adj-ix] sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. [adj-ix] profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. [adj-ix] OK; all right; fine; no problem
30 0.184%
それそれ
that; it
  1. [pn] that; it
  2. [pn] then; that point (in time); that time
  3. [pn] there
  4. [pn] you
30 0.184%
憲法けんぽう
constitution
  1. [n] constitution
  2. [n] rules; regulation
30 0.184%
復元ふくげん
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
  1. [n,vs,vt,vi] restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
28 0.171%
琉球りゅうきゅう
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
  1. [n] Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
28 0.171%
なるなる
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  1. [v5r,vi] to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  2. [v5r,vi] to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
  3. [v5r,vi] to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
  4. [v5r,vi] to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
  5. [v5r,vi] to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
  6. [v5r,vi] to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
  7. [v5r,vi] to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
  8. [v5r,vi] to play (the part of); to act as
  9. [v5r,vi] to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
  10. [v5r,vi] to be promoted
  11. [aux-v,v5r] to do ...
27 0.165%
平氏へいし
Heike family; Taira family
  1. [n] Heike family; Taira family
27 0.165%
縄文時代じょうもんじだい
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
  1. [n] Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
27 0.165%
またまた
again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
  1. [adv] again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
  2. [adv] also; too; as well; likewise
  3. [adv] on the other hand; while
  4. [conj] and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
  5. [conj] or; otherwise
  6. [adv] really; how; (what, why) on earth
  7. [pref] indirect
26 0.159%
世紀せいき
century
  1. [n] century
  2. [n] era
  3. [adj-no] of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
26 0.159%
土地とち
plot of land; lot; soil
  1. [n] plot of land; lot; soil
  2. [n] locality; region; place
26 0.159%
源みなもと
source (of a river); fountainhead
  1. [n] source (of a river); fountainhead
  2. [n] source; origin; root
26 0.159%
返還へんかん
return; restoration
  1. [n,vs,vt] return; restoration
26 0.159%
ためにために
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  1. [conj] for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  2. [conj] because of; as a result of
25 0.153%
出土しゅつど
archeological excavation (archaeological)
  1. [n,vs,vi] archeological excavation (archaeological)
25 0.153%
国会こっかい
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
  1. [n] National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
  2. [n] Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
  3. [n] legislative assembly; parliament; congress
25 0.153%
弥生時代やよいじだい
Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
  1. [n] Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
25 0.153%
日本人にほんじん
Japanese person
  1. [n] Japanese person
25 0.153%
長ちょう
head; chief; leader; elder
  1. [n] head; chief; leader; elder
  2. [n] merit; strong point
  3. [n] superiority
  4. [n] major
25 0.153%
世界せかい
the world; society; the universe
  1. [n] the world; society; the universe
  2. [n] sphere; circle; world
  3. [adj-no] world-renowned; world-famous
  4. [n] realm governed by one Buddha; space
24 0.147%
地ち
earth; ground; land; soil
  1. [n,n-suf] earth; ground; land; soil
  2. [n,n-suf] place
  3. [n,n-suf] territory
  4. [n,n-suf] bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
  5. [n,n-suf] earth (one of the five elements)
24 0.147%
政府せいふ
government; administration; ministry
  1. [n] government; administration; ministry
24 0.147%
船ふね
ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane
  1. [n] ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane
  2. [n] tank; tub; vat; trough
  3. [n-suf,ctr] counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
24 0.147%
古墳こふん
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
  1. [n] ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
23 0.141%
物語ものがたり
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
  1. [n] story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
23 0.141%
経きょう
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
  1. [n] sutra; Buddhist scriptures
23 0.141%
もう
already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer
  1. [adv] already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer
  2. [adv] soon; shortly; before long; presently
  3. [adv] further; more; again; another; the other
  4. [int] jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; seriously
22 0.135%
和人わじん
Japanese person
  1. [n] Japanese person
22 0.135%
城しろ
castle
  1. [n] castle
22 0.135%
忠ちゅう
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
  1. [n] loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
  2. [n] inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
22 0.135%
歴史れきし
history
  1. [n] history
22 0.135%
それは
very; extremely
  1. [adv] very; extremely
  2. [exp] that is
21 0.129%
わたくしわたくし
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
  2. [adj-no,n] personal (affairs, etc.); private
  3. [n] selfishness; partiality
  4. [n] secrecy; confidentiality
21 0.129%
事件じけん
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
  1. [n] event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
21 0.129%
開催かいさい
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
  1. [n,vs,vt] holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
21 0.129%
ものもの
thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  1. [n] thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  2. [n] one's things; possessions; property; belongings
  3. [n] things; something; anything; everything; nothing
  4. [n] quality
  5. [n] reason; the way of things
  6. [n] used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
  7. [n-suf] item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
  8. [n-suf] cause of ...; cause for ...
  9. [pref] somehow; somewhat; for some reason
  10. [pref] really; truly
20 0.122%
ようよう
appearing ...; looking ...
  1. [n-suf,n] appearing ...; looking ...
  2. [n-suf,n] way to ...; method of ...ing
  3. [n-suf,n] form; style; design
  4. [n-suf,n] like; similar to
  5. [n] thing (thought or spoken)
20 0.122%
天皇てんのう
Emperor of Japan
  1. [n] Emperor of Japan
20 0.122%
板いた
board; plank
  1. [n] board; plank
  2. [n] sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
  3. [n] cutting board; chopping board
  4. [n] chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook
  5. [n] stage (i.e. at a theatre)
20 0.122%
いるいる
to be (of animate objects); to exist
  1. [v1,vi] to be (of animate objects); to exist
  2. [v1,vi] to stay
  3. [v1,aux-v] to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
19 0.116%
どうどう
how; in what way; how about
  1. [adv] how; in what way; how about
19 0.116%
まだまだ
still; as yet; only
  1. [adv] still; as yet; only
  2. [adv] (not) yet
  3. [adv] more; (more) still
  4. [adv] at least; comparatively; relatively
  5. [adj-na] unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
19 0.116%
作さく
work (e.g. of art); production
  1. [n,n-suf] work (e.g. of art); production
  2. [n] harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield
  3. [n] technique
19 0.116%
出身しゅっしん
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
  1. [n] one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
19 0.116%
北海道ほっかいどう
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
  1. [n] Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
19 0.116%
古墳時代こふんじだい
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
  1. [n] Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
19 0.116%
尾張おわり
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
  1. [n] Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
19 0.116%
文化ぶんか
culture; civilization; civilisation
  1. [n] culture; civilization; civilisation
  2. [n] Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
19 0.116%
文明ぶんめい
civilization; civilisation; culture
  1. [n] civilization; civilisation; culture
  2. [n] Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
19 0.116%
海うみ
sea; ocean; waters
  1. [n] sea; ocean; waters
19 0.116%
蝦夷地えぞち
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
  1. [n] Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
  2. [n] Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
19 0.116%
部ぶ
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty
  1. [n,n-suf] department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty
  2. [n,n-suf] club (at a school, university, etc.); team
  3. [n,n-suf] part; portion; region; area
  4. [n,n-suf] category; class; division; section; heading
  5. [ctr] counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
19 0.116%
おまえおまえ
you
  1. [pn] you
  2. [n] before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
18 0.110%
シャイ
shy
  1. [adj-na] shy
18 0.110%
中心ちゅうしん
center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance
  1. [n,adj-no] center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance
  2. [suf] -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on
18 0.110%
制せい
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
  1. [n,n-suf] system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
18 0.110%
地図ちず
map; atlas; chart; plan
  1. [n] map; atlas; chart; plan
18 0.110%
核かく
stone (of a fruit); pit; pip
  1. [n] stone (of a fruit); pit; pip
  2. [n] core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart
  3. [n,adj-no] nuclear weapons
  4. [n] nucleus (of an atom)
  5. [n] nucleus (of a cell)
  6. [n] condensation nucleus
  7. [n] (planetary) core
  8. [n] ring (in a cyclic compound)
  9. [n] kernel; core
  10. [n] nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
18 0.110%
父ちち
father
  1. [n] father
18 0.110%
話はなし
talk; speech; chat; conversation
  1. [n] talk; speech; chat; conversation
  2. [n] topic; subject
  3. [n] discussions; negotiation; argument
  4. [n] rumor; talk; hearsay
  5. [n] tale; story; fable
  6. [n] circumstances; particulars
18 0.110%
シャクしゃく
ladle; dipper
  1. [n] ladle; dipper
  2. [n] wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck; Queen Anne's lace
17 0.104%
ボルト
volt
  1. [n] volt
17 0.104%
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