宗像教授伝奇考

Folklore Studies of Professor Munakata

Vocabulary

Word English Frequency
教授きょうじゅ
professor
  1. [n] professor
  2. [n,vs,vt] teaching; instruction
90 1.997%
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 ...
57 1.265%
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")
53 1.176%
伝説でんせつ
legend; folklore; tradition
  1. [n,adj-no] legend; folklore; tradition
46 1.021%
伝令でんれい
delivering an order; dispatch of an order
  1. [n] delivering an order; dispatch of an order
  2. [n] messenger; orderly; runner
38 0.843%
伝奇でんき
fantasy fiction; bizarre fiction
  1. [n] fantasy fiction; bizarre fiction
38 0.843%
巨人きょじん
giant; great man
  1. [n] giant; great man
  2. [n] Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
35 0.777%
その
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
34 0.755%
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 ...
29 0.644%
海うみ
sea; ocean; waters
  1. [n] sea; ocean; waters
29 0.644%
神かみ
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
  1. [n] god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
  2. [n-pref,adj-na] incredible; fantastic; amazing
  3. [n] Emperor (of Japan)
  4. [n] thunder
29 0.644%
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
26 0.577%
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
24 0.533%
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
23 0.510%
星ほし
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body
  1. [n] star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body
  2. [n] star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk
  3. [n] star (actor, player, etc.)
  4. [n] dot; spot; fleck
  5. [n] bullseye
  6. [n] perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect
  7. [n] one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
  8. [n] point; score
  9. [n] star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi
  10. [n] (pyrotechnic) star
21 0.466%
神話しんわ
myth; legend
  1. [n,adj-no] myth; legend
21 0.466%
それ
that; it
  1. [pn] that; it
  2. [pn] then; that point (in time); that time
  3. [pn] there
  4. [pn] you
19 0.422%
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
19 0.422%
何かなにか
something; some; any
  1. [pn] something; some; any
  2. [adv] somehow; for some reason
  3. [int] (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
18 0.399%
古代こだい
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
  1. [n,adj-no] ancient times; distant past; antiquity
17 0.377%
族ぞく
tribe; clan; band; family
  1. [n,n-suf] tribe; clan; band; family
  2. [n,n-suf] (taxonomical) tribe
  3. [n,n-suf] group (of the periodic table)
17 0.377%
日本にほん
Japan
  1. [n] Japan
16 0.355%
羽衣はごろも
angel's raiment; robe of feathers
  1. [n] angel's raiment; robe of feathers
  2. [n] wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds
  3. [n] type of bug
16 0.355%
こんな
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
  1. [adj-pn] this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
15 0.333%
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
14 0.311%
娘むすめ
daughter
  1. [n] daughter
  2. [n] girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
14 0.311%
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)
14 0.311%
巨石きょせき
gigantic stone; megalith
  1. [n,adj-no] gigantic stone; megalith
14 0.311%
昔むかし
the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago
  1. [n,adj-no,adv] the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago
  2. [n] the past ten years; the past decade
14 0.311%
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
14 0.311%
シラ
Scylla
  1. [n] Scylla
13 0.289%
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
13 0.289%
古墳こふん
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
  1. [n] ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
13 0.289%
妙みょう
strange; weird; odd; curious
  1. [adj-na,n] strange; weird; odd; curious
  2. [n,adj-na] wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence
  3. [n,adj-na] cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill
13 0.289%
かもしれん
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
  1. [exp] may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
12 0.266%
九州きゅうしゅう
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
  1. [n] Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
12 0.266%
出雲いずも
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
  1. [n] Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
12 0.266%
文化ぶんか
culture; civilization; civilisation
  1. [n] culture; civilization; civilisation
  2. [n] Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
12 0.266%
物もの
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
12 0.266%
神社じんじゃ
Shinto shrine
  1. [n] Shinto shrine
12 0.266%
おそらく
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
  1. [adv] probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
11 0.244%
そして
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
  1. [conj] and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
11 0.244%
そんな
such; that sort of; that kind of; like that
  1. [adj-pn] such; that sort of; that kind of; like that
  2. [int] no way!; never!
11 0.244%
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
11 0.244%
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
11 0.244%
三つみっつ
three
  1. [num] three
  2. [n] three years of age
11 0.244%
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
11 0.244%
女神めがみ
goddess; female deity
  1. [n] goddess; female deity
11 0.244%
歴史れきし
history
  1. [n] history
11 0.244%
神事しんじ
Shinto ritual
  1. [n] Shinto ritual
11 0.244%
穴あな
hole; opening; orifice; perforation
  1. [n] hole; opening; orifice; perforation
  2. [n] pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground)
  3. [n] burrow; den; lair; holt; hole
  4. [n] deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss
  5. [n] gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening
  6. [n] flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole
  7. [n] good place not many people know about; well-kept secret
  8. [n] upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse
  9. [n] (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
  10. [n] hiding place; hideout
11 0.244%
空港くうこう
airport
  1. [n] airport
11 0.244%
あれ
that; that thing
  1. [pn] that; that thing
  2. [pn] that person
  3. [pn] then; that time
  4. [pn] that place (over there)
10 0.222%
お母さんおかあさん
mother; mom; mum; ma
  1. [n] mother; mom; mum; ma
  2. [n] wife
  3. [pn] you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
10 0.222%
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...
10 0.222%
山幸やまさち
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
  1. [n] food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
10 0.222%
猟師りょうし
hunter; huntsman
  1. [n] hunter; huntsman
10 0.222%
茶ちゃ
tea
  1. [n] tea
  2. [n] tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  3. [n] tea preparation; making tea
  4. [n] brown
  5. [n,adj-na] mockery
10 0.222%
説話せつわ
tale; narrative
  1. [n,vs] tale; narrative
10 0.222%
鉄剣てっけん
iron sword
  1. [n] iron sword
10 0.222%
頭あたま
head
  1. [n] head
  2. [n] hair (on one's head)
  3. [n] mind; brains; intellect
  4. [n] leader; chief; boss; captain
  5. [n] top; tip
  6. [n] beginning; start
  7. [n] head; person
  8. [n] down payment; deposit
  9. [n] top structural component of a kanji
  10. [n] pair
10 0.222%
わけ
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
  1. [n] conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
9 0.200%
一族いちぞく
family; relatives; dependents
  1. [n] family; relatives; dependents
  2. [n] household
9 0.200%
世紀せいき
century
  1. [n] century
  2. [n] era
  3. [adj-no] of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
9 0.200%
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
9 0.200%
人々ひとびと
people; men and women
  1. [n] people; men and women
  2. [n] each person; everybody
9 0.200%
塩しお
salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride
  1. [n] salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride
  2. [n] hardship; toil; trouble
  3. [n] saltiness
  4. [n-pref] cold; unwelcoming; indifferent
9 0.200%
沖波おきなみ
offshore wave; deep water wave
  1. [n] offshore wave; deep water wave
9 0.200%
火ひ
fire; flame; blaze
  1. [n,n-suf] fire; flame; blaze
9 0.200%
火明命ほあかりのみこと
Hoakari no Mikoto (Japanese deity)
  1. [n] Hoakari no Mikoto (Japanese deity)
9 0.200%
行くいく
to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
  1. [v5k-s,vi] to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
  2. [v5k-s,vi] to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
  3. [v5k-s,vi] to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
  4. [v5k-s,vi] to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
  5. [v5k-s,vi] to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
  6. [v5k-s,vi] to stream; to flow
  7. [v5k-s,vi] to die; to pass away
  8. [v5k-s,vi] to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
  9. [v5k-s,vi] to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
  10. [aux-v,v5k-s] to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
9 0.200%
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
9 0.200%
隕鉄いんてつ
meteoric iron
  1. [n] meteoric iron
9 0.200%
飢饉ききん
famine; crop failure
  1. [n] famine; crop failure
  2. [n] chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
9 0.200%
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
8 0.178%
そう
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
  1. [aux,adj-na] appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
8 0.178%
どう
how; in what way; how about
  1. [adv] how; in what way; how about
8 0.178%
ほど
extent; degree; measure
  1. [n,adv] extent; degree; measure
  2. [n] limit; bounds
  3. [n] (span of) time
  4. [n] (a) distance
  5. [n] the state of; the status of; the condition of
  6. [prt] about; around; approximately; or so
  7. [prt] as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ...
  8. [prt] the more ... the more ...
8 0.178%
一人ひとり
one person
  1. [n] one person
  2. [n] being alone; being by oneself
  3. [n] being single; being unmarried
  4. [adv] by oneself; alone
  5. [adv] just; only; simply
8 0.178%
以上いじょう
not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  1. [n-suf] not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  2. [n-suf] beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
  3. [adj-no,n] the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
  4. [n,conj] since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
  5. [exp] that's all; that is the end; the end
8 0.178%
土つち
earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
  1. [n] earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
  2. [n] the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
  3. [n] low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
  4. [n] (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
8 0.178%
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)
8 0.178%
砂鉄さてつ
iron sand; magnetite sand
  1. [n] iron sand; magnetite sand
8 0.178%
私わたし
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
8 0.178%
移動いどう
movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel
  1. [n,vs,vt,vi] movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel
  2. [adj-f] mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving
8 0.178%
跡あと
trace; tracks; mark; sign
  1. [n] trace; tracks; mark; sign
  2. [n] site; remains; ruins
  3. [n] scar
8 0.178%
お父さんおとうさん
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
  1. [n] father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
  2. [n] husband
  3. [pn] you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he; him
7 0.155%
こう
in this way; like this; so; thus
  1. [adv] in this way; like this; so; thus
  2. [adv] this (much); so
  3. [int] uh; er; mm; well
7 0.155%
そのまま
without change; as is
  1. [adv,adj-no,n] without change; as is
  2. [adj-no,n] just like; extremely similar
  3. [adv] immediately; just after; without a pause
7 0.155%
それは
very; extremely
  1. [adv] very; extremely
  2. [exp] that is
7 0.155%
たたら
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
  1. [n] foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
7 0.155%
つまり
that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
  1. [adv] that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
  2. [adv] in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
  3. [n] clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
  4. [n] shrinkage
  5. [n] end; conclusion
  6. [n] dead end; corner
  7. [n] distress; being at the end of one's rope
7 0.155%
どうして
how; in what way; by what means
  1. [adv] how; in what way; by what means
  2. [adv] why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for
  3. [adv] cannot possibly
  4. [int] no way
7 0.155%
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 ...
7 0.155%
によれば
according to (someone)
  1. [exp] according to (someone)
7 0.155%
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
7 0.155%
やはり
as expected; sure enough; just as one thought
  1. [adv] as expected; sure enough; just as one thought
  2. [adv] after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case
  3. [adv] too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either
  4. [adv] still; as before
  5. [adv] all the same; even so; still; nonetheless
7 0.155%
ヤマトタケルやまとたける
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
  1. [n] Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
7 0.155%
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)
7 0.155%
ようです
seeming to be; appearing to be
  1. [aux] seeming to be; appearing to be
  2. [aux] like; similar to
7 0.155%
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