ぼくの村の話（２）

The Story of My Village

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そのその
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
24
あなたあなた
you
  1. [pn] you
  2. [pn] dear; honey
2
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ちょっとちょっと
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
5
運輸大臣うんゆだいじん
Minister of Transport
  1. [n] Minister of Transport
11
学生がくせい
student (esp. a university student)
  1. [n] student (esp. a university student)
36
月つき
Moon
  1. [n] Moon
  2. [n] month
  3. [n] moonlight
  4. [n] (a) moon; natural satellite
21
行動こうどう
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
  1. [n,vs,vi,adj-no] action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
42
黒いくろい
black
  1. [adj-i] black
  2. [adj-i] dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
  3. [adj-i] suspicious; criminal; illicit
  4. [adj-i] darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
  5. [adj-i] evil; wicked; black-hearted
  6. [adj-i] inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
4
支援しえん
support; backing; aid; assistance
  1. [n,vs,vt] support; backing; aid; assistance
12
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 ...
97
事業じぎょう
business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry
  1. [n] business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry
  2. [n] (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program; service
12
自分じぶん
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  1. [pn] myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. [pn] I; me
  3. [pn] you
5
少年しょうねん
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
  1. [n] boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
23
証あかし
proof; evidence; sign; testimony; testament (to something); vindication
  1. [n] proof; evidence; sign; testimony; testament (to something); vindication
  2. [n,vs,vt] witnessing; testifying; testimony
1
心配しんぱい
worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear
  1. [n,vs,vt,adj-na] worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear
  2. [n,vs,vt] care; help; aid; assistance
6
認定にんてい
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
  1. [n,vs,vt] authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
12
僕ぼく
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
  2. [pn] you
  3. [pn] manservant
1
ほとんどほとんど
almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  1. [adv] almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  2. [adv] hardly; barely; scarcely; little
  3. [n,adj-no] large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
5
俺おれ
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
11
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運航うんこう
operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation; flight
  1. [n,vs,vt,vi] operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation; flight
1
大臣だいじん
cabinet minister
  1. [n] cabinet minister
6
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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...
7
花見はなみ
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
  1. [n,vs] cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
1
県内けんない
within the prefecture
  1. [adj-no] within the prefecture
1
たくさんたくさん
a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
  1. [adj-no,adj-na,n,adv] a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
  2. [adj-no,adj-na,n,adv] enough; sufficient
  3. [n-suf] enough; too many; too much
1
東京とうきょう
Tokyo
  1. [n] Tokyo
8
万本ほん
book; volume; script
  1. [n] book; volume; script
  2. [pref] this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
  3. [pref] main; head; principal
  4. [pref] real; genuine; regular; proper
  5. [ctr] counter for long, cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
1
名所めいしょ
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
  1. [n] famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
1
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いくつもいくつも
many; much; plenty
  1. [adv,adj-no] many; much; plenty
  2. [adv] hardly
1
にあたってにあたって
on the occasion of; at the time of
  1. [exp] on the occasion of; at the time of
1
近辺きんぺん
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
  1. [n] neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
1
兄あに
older brother; elder brother
  1. [n] older brother; elder brother
5
月つき
Moon
  1. [n] Moon
  2. [n] month
  3. [n] moonlight
  4. [n] (a) moon; natural satellite
21
現地げんち
actual place; actual location; the spot; the scene; the field; (on) site
  1. [n] actual place; actual location; the spot; the scene; the field; (on) site
  2. [n] place where one is currently living
4
公団こうだん
public corporation
  1. [n] public corporation
  2. [n] public housing
30
国語こくご
national language
  1. [n] national language
  2. [n] Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
  3. [n] one's native language; mother tongue
  4. [n] native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
1
作文さくぶん
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  1. [n,vs,vi] writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  2. [n,vs,vi] formal writing with little real meaning
2
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 ...
97
自由じゆう
freedom; liberty
  1. [n,adj-na] freedom; liberty
6
手て
hand; arm
  1. [n] hand; arm
  2. [n] forepaw; foreleg
  3. [n] handle
  4. [n] hand; worker; help
  5. [n] trouble; care; effort
  6. [n] means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. [n] hand; handwriting
  8. [n] kind; type; sort
  9. [n] one's hands; one's possession
  10. [n] ability to cope
  11. [n] hand (of cards)
  12. [n] direction
  13. [n,n-suf,ctr] move (in go, shogi, etc.)
5
書くかく
to write; to compose; to pen
  1. [v5k,vt] to write; to compose; to pen
  2. [v5k,vt] to draw; to paint
1
小屋こや
hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
  1. [n] hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
  2. [n] small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth
  3. [n] one's own house
4
新学期しんがっき
new school term
  1. [n] new school term
1
測量そくりょう
measurement; surveying
  1. [n,vs,vt] measurement; surveying
16
題だい
title; subject; theme; topic
  1. [n] title; subject; theme; topic
  2. [n] problem (on a test); question
  3. [n-suf,ctr] counter for questions (on a test)
2
団結だんけつ
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
  1. [n,vs,vi] unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
11
父ちち
father
  1. [n] father
5
抱負ほうふ
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
  1. [n] aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
1
ぼくらぼくら
we
  1. [pn] we
15
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しょっちゅう
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
  1. [adv] always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
1
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...
7
デモ
demonstration; protest
  1. [n] demonstration; protest
  2. [n] (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
7
ある日あるひ
one day; (on) a certain day
  1. [exp,n] one day; (on) a certain day
1
員いん
member
  1. [n,n-suf] member
3
いつもいつも
always; all the time; at all times
  1. [adv] always; all the time; at all times
  2. [adv] never
  3. [adj-no,n] usual; regular; habitual; customary
12
空港くうこう
airport
  1. [n] airport
72
参加さんか
participation; joining; entry
  1. [n,vs,vi] participation; joining; entry
6
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 ...
97
集会しゅうかい
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
  1. [n,vs,vi] meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
19
はじめはじめ
beginning; start; outset; opening
  1. [n,adv] beginning; start; outset; opening
  2. [n] first (in line, etc.)
  3. [n] origin
  4. [n] such as ...; not to mention ...
3
突然とつぜん
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
  1. [adj-no,adj-na,adv] abrupt; sudden; unexpected
1
反対はんたい
opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent
  1. [n,vs,vi,adj-no,adj-na] opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent
  2. [n,adj-no] reverse; opposite; inverse; contrary
40
ぼくぼく
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
  2. [pn] you
  3. [pn] manservant
18
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いけないいけない
bad; wrong; naughty
  1. [exp,adj-i] bad; wrong; naughty
  2. [exp,adj-i] must not (do, be); should not; ought not to
  3. [exp,adj-i] useless; no good; bad
  4. [exp,adj-i] hopeless; beyond hope
  5. [exp,adj-i] unfortunate; a shame; a pity
  6. [exp,adj-i] unable to drink (alcohol)
  7. [exp,adj-i] so as not to ...; so that ... (won't); in case ...; for fear that ...; lest ...
2
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
10
外そと
outside; exterior
  1. [n] outside; exterior
  2. [n] the open (air)
  3. [n] other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
1
学校がっこう
school
  1. [n] school
9
最近さいきん
recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
  1. [n,adj-no,adv] recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
  2. [adj-no] nearest; closest
4
雑草ざっそう
weed
  1. [n,adj-no] weed
1
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
終えるおえる
to finish
  1. [v1,vt,aux-v] to finish
  2. [v1,vt] to graduate
1
それでもそれでも
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
  1. [conj] but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
2
大好きだいすき
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
  1. [adj-na] liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
1
畑はたけ
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
  1. [n] field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
  2. [n,n-suf] field (of specialization); sphere; area; line
  3. [n] womb; birth; birthplace
7
平気へいき
cool; calm; composed; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmoved; indifferent
  1. [adj-na,n] cool; calm; composed; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmoved; indifferent
  2. [adj-na] all right; fine; OK; okay
1
ぼくぼく
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
  2. [pn] you
  3. [pn] manservant
18
ほとんどほとんど
almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  1. [adv] almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  2. [adv] hardly; barely; scarcely; little
  3. [n,adj-no] large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
5
目立つめだつ
to be conspicuous; to stand out
  1. [v5t,vi] to be conspicuous; to stand out
1
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どうどう
how; in what way; how about
  1. [adv] how; in what way; how about
16
ばかりばかり
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  1. [prt] only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. [prt] approximately; about
  3. [prt] just (finished, etc.)
  4. [prt] as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute
  5. [prt] indicates emphasis
  6. [prt] always; constantly
8
バラバラ
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling
  1. [adj-na,adj-no,adv,vs] scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling
1
なにもなにも
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  1. [exp] (not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  2. [exp] and everything else; and all
  3. [exp] (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
2
学校がっこう
school
  1. [n] school
9
空港くうこう
airport
  1. [n] airport
72
公団こうだん
public corporation
  1. [n] public corporation
  2. [n] public housing
30
作文さくぶん
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  1. [n,vs,vi] writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  2. [n,vs,vi] formal writing with little real meaning
2
子供たちこどもたち
children
  1. [n] children
8
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 ...
97
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 ...
14
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
7
測量そくりょう
measurement; surveying
  1. [n,vs,vt] measurement; surveying
16
ぼくらぼくら
we
  1. [pn] we
15
来るくる
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
  1. [vk,vi] to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
  2. [vk,vi,aux-v] to come back; to do ... and come back
  3. [vk,vi,aux-v] to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
  4. [vk,vi] to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
  5. [vk,vi] to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
16
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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
7
そのその
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
24
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
18
とてもとても
very; awfully; exceedingly
  1. [adv] very; awfully; exceedingly
  2. [adv] (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
4
ばかりばかり
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  1. [prt] only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. [prt] approximately; about
  3. [prt] just (finished, etc.)
  4. [prt] as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute
  5. [prt] indicates emphasis
  6. [prt] always; constantly
8
クラス
class
  1. [n] class
2
なにもなにも
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  1. [exp] (not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  2. [exp] and everything else; and all
  3. [exp] (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
2
何ひとつなにひとつ
(not) one
  1. [adv] (not) one
4
なにかとなにかと
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
  1. [adv] one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
1
漢字かんじ
kanji; Chinese character
  1. [n] kanji; Chinese character
1
疑問ぎもん
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
  1. [n] doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
1
教えるおしえる
to teach; to instruct
  1. [v1,vt] to teach; to instruct
  2. [v1,vt] to tell; to inform; to show
  3. [v1,vt] to preach
1
教育きょういく
education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing
  1. [n,vs,vt] education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing
  2. [n,vs,vt] culture; cultivation; education
2
空港くうこう
airport
  1. [n] airport
72
現にげんに
actually; really
  1. [adv] actually; really
1
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)
9
子供たちこどもたち
children
  1. [n] children
8
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 ...
97
自由じゆう
freedom; liberty
  1. [n,adj-na] freedom; liberty
6
つらいつらい
painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
  1. [adj-i] painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
  2. [adj-i] tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)
  3. [adj-i] cruel; harsh; cold
1
数式すうしき
numerical formula
  1. [n] numerical formula
1
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
7
題だい
title; subject; theme; topic
  1. [n] title; subject; theme; topic
  2. [n] problem (on a test); question
  3. [n-suf,ctr] counter for questions (on a test)
2
読むよむ
to read
  1. [v5m,vt] to read
  2. [v5m,vt] to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
  3. [v5m,vt] to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
  4. [v5m,vt] to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
  5. [v5m,vt] to decipher
  6. [v5m,vt] to count; to estimate
  7. [v5m,vt] to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
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内容ないよう
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
  1. [n] contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
2
範疇はんちゅう
category
  1. [n] category
1
彼らかれら
they; them
  1. [pn] they; them
4
不安ふあん
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense
  1. [n,adj-na] anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense
4
ぼくらぼくら
we
  1. [pn] we
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ほとんどほとんど
almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  1. [adv] almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
  2. [adv] hardly; barely; scarcely; little
  3. [n,adj-no] large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
5
問題もんだい
question (e.g. on a test); problem
  1. [n] question (e.g. on a test); problem
  2. [n] problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
  3. [n] question (i.e. doubt)
  4. [n] public discussion; controversy
  5. [n] trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
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