ラーメン発見伝(3)
Vocabulary
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| Word | English | Frequency | Spread ⓘ | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  | ramen; Chinese-style noodles 
 | 260 |  | 
|  | thing; matter 
 | 98 |  | 
| スープ | (Western) soup 
 | 89 |  | 
|  | miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans 
 | 81 |  | 
|  | this 
 | 73 |  | 
|  | miso ramen 
 | 63 |  | 
|  | Sapporo (city in Hokkaido) 
 | 62 |  | 
|  | flavor; flavour; taste 
 | 55 |  | 
|  | I; me 
 | 55 |  | 
|  | (small crunchy) dried sardines 
 | 44 |  | 
|  | good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness 
 | 40 |  | 
|  | soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce 
 | 36 |  | 
|  | pond 
 | 32 |  | 
|  | knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang 
 | 31 |  | 
|  | skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate 
 | 31 |  | 
|  | I; me 
 | 31 |  | 
|  | person; someone; somebody 
 | 28 |  | 
| いい | good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable 
 | 28 |  | 
|  | that; it 
 | 27 |  | 
|  | soy sauce; shoyu 
 | 25 |  | 
| そんな | such; that sort of; that kind of; like that 
 | 25 |  | 
|  | that; the 
 | 25 |  | 
|  | salty sauce 
 | 24 |  | 
|  | surely; certainly 
 | 22 |  | 
|  | discovery; detection; finding 
 | 22 |  | 
|  | oil 
 | 22 |  | 
| それは | very; extremely 
 | 22 |  | 
|  | victory or defeat 
 | 21 |  | 
|  | to say; to utter; to declare 
 | 21 |  | 
|  | work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment 
 | 20 |  | 
| なんか | something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ... 
 | 20 |  | 
|  | I see; that's right; indeed 
 | 20 |  | 
| として | as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) 
 | 20 |  | 
|  | I; me 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | means of making contact; intermediary; go-between 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | meaning; called; said 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | one's father; one's old man; dad; pops 
 | 19 |  | 
|  | shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth 
 | 18 |  | 
|  | bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt 
 | 18 |  | 
|  | good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty 
 | 17 |  | 
| なんです | it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... 
 | 17 |  | 
|  | how; in what way; how about 
 | 17 |  | 
| そう | appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of 
 | 17 |  | 
|  | salt; salt content 
 | 16 |  | 
|  | salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride 
 | 16 |  | 
|  | company; corporation; firm 
 | 16 |  | 
| レストラン | restaurant (esp. Western-style) 
 | 16 |  | 
|  | a little; a bit; slightly 
 | 16 |  | 
| こんな | this sort of; this kind of; like this; such 
 | 16 |  | 
|  | you 
 | 16 |  | 
|  | teacher; instructor; master 
 | 15 |  | 
|  | arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion 
 | 15 |  | 
|  | thing; object; article; stuff; substance 
 | 15 |  | 
|  | until (a time); till; to; up to 
 | 15 |  | 
|  | (one's) mother 
 | 15 |  | 
|  | foodstuff; ingredient 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food) 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | talk; speech; chat; conversation 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | I; me 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp 
 | 14 |  | 
| ぐらい | approximately; about; around; or so 
 | 14 |  | 
|  | chicken bones; chicken carcass 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | natural food; health food 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | plain wood; unfinished woodwork 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | case; occasion; situation; circumstances 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | like; similar to 
 | 13 |  | 
| もう | already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | the other day; previously; before; earlier; recently 
 | 13 |  | 
|  | noodles 
 | 12 |  | 
|  | taste; flavor; flavour 
 | 12 |  | 
|  | time; hour; moment 
 | 12 |  | 
|  | still; as yet; only 
 | 12 |  | 
|  | called; named; that says; that 
 | 12 |  | 
| コンペ | competition 
 | 12 |  | 
|  | myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | four; 4 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit) 
 | 11 |  | 
| メニュー | menu 
 | 11 |  | 
| ミス | mistake; error; blunder 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | what kind of; what sort of; what 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | store; shop; establishment; restaurant 
 | 11 |  | 
|  | section manager; section chief 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | dot; spot; point; speck; mark 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | win; victory 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | something; some; any 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | way (of doing); manner; method; means 
 | 10 |  | 
| マニア | enthusiast 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | again; once more; once again; another time; some other time 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | place; spot; scene; site 
 | 10 |  | 
|  | a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago 
 | 10 |  |