ひらばのひと

Vocabulary

Word English Frequency
講談こうだん
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
  1. [n] storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
93 3.219%
郎ろう
nth son
  1. [suf] nth son
  2. [n] lang; official title in ancient China
  3. [n] man; young man
  4. [n] my husband; my lover
  5. [suf] nth child (male and female)
63 2.181%
太ふと
fat; fatty
  1. [n-pref,n] fat; fatty
  2. [n-pref] grand; magnificent; excellent
61 2.111%
師匠ししょう
master; teacher
  1. [n,suf] master; teacher
  2. [n] stable master
55 1.904%
姉さんねえさん
older sister; elder sister
  1. [n] older sister; elder sister
  2. [n] young lady
  3. [n] miss
  4. [n] ma'am
39 1.350%
前座ぜんざ
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser
  1. [n] opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser
  2. [n] minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
36 1.246%
落語らくご
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
  1. [n] rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
32 1.108%
あたし
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
30 1.038%
亭てい
arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion
  1. [n] arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion
  2. [suf] suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers
  3. [suf] suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
30 1.038%
男おとこ
man; male
  1. [n,n-pref] man; male
  2. [n] fellow; guy; chap; bloke
  3. [n] male lover; boyfriend; man
  4. [n] manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
27 0.935%
幽霊ゆうれい
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
  1. [n] ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
26 0.900%
女おんな
female; woman; female sex
  1. [n,n-pref] female; woman; female sex
  2. [n] female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
24 0.831%
あんた
you
  1. [pn] you
23 0.796%
錦にしき
brocade
  1. [n] brocade
  2. [n] fine dress; fine clothes
22 0.762%
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
21 0.727%
田た
rice field
  1. [n] rice field
20 0.692%
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
18 0.623%
オレおれ
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
18 0.623%
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 ...
18 0.623%
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")
17 0.588%
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 ...
16 0.554%
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
15 0.519%
講釈師こうしゃくし
professional storyteller
  1. [n] professional storyteller
15 0.519%
馬うま
horse
  1. [n] horse
  2. [n] horse racing
  3. [n] promoted bishop
  4. [n] knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
15 0.519%
龍りゅう
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
  1. [n] dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
  2. [n] naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
  3. [n] promoted rook
15 0.519%
怪談かいだん
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
  1. [n] ghost story; tale of the supernatural
14 0.485%
高座こうざ
platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit
  1. [n] platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit
14 0.485%
垣かき
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
  1. [n] fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
13 0.450%
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)
13 0.450%
源みなもと
source (of a river); fountainhead
  1. [n] source (of a river); fountainhead
  2. [n] source; origin; root
13 0.450%
蔵くら
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
  1. [n] warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
13 0.450%
出世しゅっせ
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
  1. [n,vs,vi] success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
12 0.415%
場ば
place; spot; space
  1. [n] place; spot; space
  2. [n] field; discipline; sphere; realm
  3. [n] occasion; situation
  4. [n] scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
  5. [n] session
  6. [n] field; table; area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
  7. [n] round (east, south, etc.)
  8. [n] field
  9. [n] field
12 0.415%
石段いしだん
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
  1. [n] (flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
12 0.415%
講釈こうしゃく
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; exposition
  1. [n,vs,vt] explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; exposition
  2. [n,vs,vt] explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture
  3. [n] storytelling
12 0.415%
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
11 0.381%
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
11 0.381%
応おう
agreement; affirmative
  1. [n] agreement; affirmative
  2. [int] aye; yes; OK; okay; yeah; all right
11 0.381%
挙きょ
action; behavior; behaviour; move
  1. [n] action; behavior; behaviour; move
  2. [n] recommendation (of a person for a position)
11 0.381%
釈台しゃくだい
low table used by speakers, professional storytellers, etc.; lectern
  1. [n] low table used by speakers, professional storytellers, etc.; lectern
11 0.381%
その
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
10 0.346%
でございます
be; is
  1. [cop] be; is
10 0.346%
好きすき
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
  1. [adj-na,n] liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
  2. [adj-na,n] liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
  3. [n,adj-na] faddism; eccentricity
  4. [adj-na,n] as one likes; as it suits one
  5. [adj-na,n] lecherous; lustful; salacious
10 0.346%
寄席よせ
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
  1. [n] entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
10 0.346%
春駒はるごま
horse put out to pasture in spring
  1. [n] horse put out to pasture in spring
  2. [n] hobbyhorse
10 0.346%
おかみさん
missus; missis
  1. [n] missus; missis
9 0.312%
ちょっと
a little; a bit; slightly
  1. [adv] a little; a bit; slightly
  2. [adv] just a minute; for a moment; briefly
  3. [adv] somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
  4. [adv] (not) easily; (not) readily
  5. [int] hey!; come on; excuse me
  6. [exp] thanks, but no; not feasible; not possible
9 0.312%
なんで
why?; what for?
  1. [adv] why?; what for?
  2. [adv] how?; by what means?
9 0.312%
一席いっせき
sitting; feast; speech
  1. [n] sitting; feast; speech
9 0.312%
俺おれ
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
9 0.312%
時とき
time; hour; moment
  1. [n] time; hour; moment
  2. [n,adv] occasion; case
  3. [n] chance; opportunity; season
  4. [n] the times; the age; the day
  5. [n] tense
9 0.312%
曲きょく
composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
  1. [n,n-suf] composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
  2. [n] tune; melody; air
  3. [n] enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure
9 0.312%
目め
eye; eyeball
  1. [n] eye; eyeball
  2. [n] eyesight; sight; vision
  3. [n] look; stare; gaze; glance
  4. [n] notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
  5. [n] an experience
  6. [n] viewpoint
  7. [n] discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
  8. [n] (an) appearance
  9. [n] chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
  10. [n] spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
  11. [n] grain (of wood, paper)
  12. [n] eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
  13. [n] intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
  14. [n] dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
  15. [n] graduation; division (of a scale)
  16. [n] tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
  17. [suf] ordinal number suffix
  18. [suf] somewhat; -ish
  19. [suf] point (e.g. of change)
9 0.312%
真打しんうち
main performer; star performer; headliner
  1. [n] main performer; star performer; headliner
  2. [n] rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
9 0.312%
神田しんでん
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
  1. [n] field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
9 0.312%
若いわかい
young; youthful
  1. [adj-i] young; youthful
  2. [adj-i] immature; green
  3. [adj-i] low (number); small
9 0.312%
お前おまえ
you
  1. [pn] you
  2. [n] before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
8 0.277%
それ
that; it
  1. [pn] that; it
  2. [pn] then; that point (in time); that time
  3. [pn] there
  4. [pn] you
8 0.277%
みんな
everyone; everybody; all
  1. [n,pn,adv] everyone; everybody; all
  2. [n,adv] everything; all
8 0.277%
乳房ちぶさ
breast; udder
  1. [n] breast; udder
8 0.277%
天秤棒てんびんぼう
carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
  1. [n] carrying pole; shoulder pole; milkmaid's yoke
8 0.277%
客きゃく
guest; visitor
  1. [n] guest; visitor
  2. [n] customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
  3. [ctr] counter for containers used to entertain guests
8 0.277%
弟子でし
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper
  1. [n,adj-no] pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper
8 0.277%
弟弟子おとうとでし
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
  1. [n] younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
8 0.277%
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
8 0.277%
自分じぶん
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  1. [pn] myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. [pn] I; me
  3. [pn] you
8 0.277%
芸げい
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
  1. [n] art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
8 0.277%
する
to do; to carry out; to perform
  1. [vs-i] to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. [vs-i] to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. [vs-i] to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. [vs-i] to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. [vs-i] to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
  6. [vs-i] to decide on; to choose
  7. [vs-i,vi] to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  8. [vs-i,vi] to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  9. [vs-i,vi] to be worth; to cost
  10. [vs-i,vi] to pass (of time); to elapse
  11. [vs-i,vt] to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  12. [vs-i,vt] to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
  13. [vs-i,vt] to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
  14. [vs-i,vt] to feel A about B
  15. [suf,vs-i] verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
  16. [aux-v,vs-i] creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  17. [aux-v,vs-i] to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
7 0.242%
それは
very; extremely
  1. [adv] very; extremely
  2. [exp] that is
7 0.242%
にしき
brocade
  1. [n] brocade
  2. [n] fine dress; fine clothes
7 0.242%
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
7 0.242%
伝つて
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between
  1. [n] means of making contact; intermediary; go-between
  2. [n] connections; influence; pull; good offices
7 0.242%
兄さんにいさん
older brother; elder brother
  1. [n] older brother; elder brother
  2. [n] brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
  3. [n] young man; buddy; fella; laddie
7 0.242%
入門にゅうもん
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training
  1. [n,vs,vi] becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training
  2. [n] introduction (to); primer; guide
  3. [n,vs,vi] entering through a gate
7 0.242%
初めてはじめて
for the first time
  1. [adv,adj-no] for the first time
  2. [adv] only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
  3. [n] first time; (one's) first
7 0.242%
寛永かんえい
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
  1. [n] Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
7 0.242%
常連じょうれん
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; frequenter
  1. [n,adj-no] regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; frequenter
  2. [n] constant companion
7 0.242%
扇おうぎ
folding fan
  1. [n] folding fan
7 0.242%
新しん
new; neo-
  1. [pref] new; neo-
  2. [n] newness; novelty
  3. [n] Gregorian calendar
  4. [n] Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
7 0.242%
結婚けっこん
marriage
  1. [n,vs,vi] marriage
7 0.242%
講談師こうだんし
professional storyteller
  1. [n] professional storyteller
7 0.242%
鋳掛いかけ
tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles
  1. [n] tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles
  2. [n] man and woman walking together; couple walking together
7 0.242%
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
6 0.208%
ここから
from here; from this place
  1. [exp] from here; from this place
6 0.208%
どう
how; in what way; how about
  1. [adv] how; in what way; how about
6 0.208%
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
6 0.208%
もっと
(some) more; even more; longer; further
  1. [adv] (some) more; even more; longer; further
6 0.208%
より
than
  1. [prt] than
  2. [prt] rather than; instead of; over; above
  3. [prt] from; out of; since; at; on (and after)
  4. [prt] except; but; other than
  5. [adv] more
6 0.208%
三さん
three; 3
  1. [num] three; 3
6 0.208%
二に
two; 2
  1. [num] two; 2
6 0.208%
仕事しごと
work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
  1. [n,vs,vi] work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
  2. [n] work
6 0.208%
修羅場しゅらば
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
  1. [n] fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
  2. [n] location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra
  3. [n] difficulties (in a love relationship)
  4. [n] crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
6 0.208%
勉強べんきょう
study
  1. [n,vs,vt] study
  2. [n,vs,vi] diligence; working hard
  3. [n] experience; lesson (for the future)
  4. [n,vs,vt,vi] discount; price reduction
6 0.208%
愛あい
love; affection; care
  1. [n,n-suf] love; affection; care
  2. [n] attachment; craving; desire
  3. [n] agape
  4. [n] Ireland
6 0.208%
月つき
Moon
  1. [n] Moon
  2. [n] month
  3. [n] moonlight
  4. [n] (a) moon; natural satellite
6 0.208%
義士ぎし
loyal retainer
  1. [n] loyal retainer
6 0.208%
聴くきく
to hear
  1. [v5k,vt] to hear
  2. [v5k,vt] to listen (e.g. to music)
  3. [v5k,vt] to ask; to enquire; to query
  4. [v5k,vt] to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
  5. [v5k,vt] to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
  6. [v5k,vt] to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
  7. [v5k,vt] to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
  8. [v5k,vt] to taste (alcohol); to try
6 0.208%
重おも
chief; main; principal; important
  1. [adj-na,n] chief; main; principal; important
  2. [adj-na,n] main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
6 0.208%
馬術ばじゅつ
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
  1. [n] horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
6 0.208%
ありがとうございます
thank you
  1. [exp] thank you
5 0.173%
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