Vocabulary: 北海道物语

• Běi hǎi dàoBei3 hai3 dao4北海道x18 | Book Rank #398Hokkaidō, Japan
• wù yǔwu4 yu3物语x1 | Book Rank #3961monogatari; epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
• shìshi4是x721 | Book Rank #8to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
• dù biān chúndu4 bian1 chun2渡边淳x5 | Book Rank #1306
• yīyi1一x141 | Book Rank #50one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
• zàizai4在x898 | Book Rank #5to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• Nián, niánNian2, nian2年x38 | Book Rank #191年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
• sì shí suìsi4 shi2 sui4四十岁x5 | Book Rank #1307
• Shí, shíShi2, shi2时x132 | Book Rank #53时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
• lián zǎilian2 zai3连载x1 | Book Rank #3962serialized; published as a serial (in a newspaper)
• fā biǎofa1 biao3发表x2 | Book Rank #2599to issue; to publish
• pāipai1拍x3 | Book Rank #1949to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
• chéng, Chéngcheng2, Cheng2成x15 | Book Rank #466成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
• jíji2集x1 | Book Rank #3963to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
• diàn shìdian4 shi4电视x5 | Book Rank #1308television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
• lián xù jùlian2 xu4 ju4连续剧x1 | Book Rank #3964serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts
• chū bǎnchu1 ban3出版x1 | Book Rank #3965to publish
• dān xíng běndan1 xing2 ben3单行本x1 | Book Rank #3966single volume edition; offprint
• dì, dí, dī, dedi4, di2, di1, de5的x2094 | Book Rank #1的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
• zùo pǐnzuo4 pin3作品x4 | Book Rank #1557work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
• chéng shūcheng2 shu1成书x1 | Book Rank #3967to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
• Yú, yúYu2, yu2于x7 | Book Rank #970于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
• chuàng zùochuang4 zuo4创作x1 | Book Rank #3968to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
• shēng yásheng1 ya2生涯x1 | Book Rank #3969career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
• zhōng, Zhōng, zhòngzhong1, Zhong1, zhong4中x118 | Book Rank #60中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
• qián qīqian2 qi1前期x1 | Book Rank #3970preceding period; early stage
• fān yì chéngfan1 yi4 cheng2翻译成x1 | Book Rank #3971
• zhōng wén bǎnzhong1 wen2 ban3中文版x1 | Book Rank #3972
• shàng shǔshang4 shu3尚属x3 | Book Rank #1950
• shǒu cìshou3 ci4首次x3 | Book Rank #1951first; first time; for the first time
• zhè gezhe4 ge5这个x87 | Book Rank #82(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
• gù shi, gù shìgu4 shi5, gu4 shi4故事x6 | Book Rank #1104故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
• mèi lìmei4 li4魅力x12 | Book Rank #595charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
• shūo dào dǐshuo1 dao4 di3说到底x3 | Book Rank #1952in the final analysis; in the end
• jìujiu4就x579 | Book Rank #9(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
• zài yúzai4 yu2在于x5 | Book Rank #1309to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
• nǚnu:3女x20 | Book Rank #346female; woman; daughter
• zhǔ rén gōngzhu3 ren2 gong1主人公x3 | Book Rank #1953hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
• hùihui4绘x864 | Book Rank #6to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• lí zili2 zi5梨子x854 | Book Rank #7pear; CL:個|个[ge4]
• zùo zhězuo4 zhe3作者x5 | Book Rank #1310author; writer
• sù zàosu4 zao4塑造x2 | Book Rank #2600to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
• nián qīngnian2 qing1年轻x52 | Book Rank #144young
• měi lìmei3 li4美丽x5 | Book Rank #1311beautiful
• xiān zǐxian1 zi3仙子x1 | Book Rank #3973fairy
• zi, zǐzi5, zi3子x88 | Book Rank #79子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
• bān, bō, pánban1, bo1, pan2般x24 | Book Rank #277般 bān: 般 ban1: sort; kind; class; way; manner般 bō: 般 bo1: used in 般若[bo1 re3]般 pán: 般 pan2: see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
• shén mìshen2 mi4神秘x1 | Book Rank #3974mysterious; mystery
• jìn xíngjin4 xing2进行x7 | Book Rank #971(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
• le, liǎole5, liao3了x915 | Book Rank #4了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly