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Frequency: 262
JLPT N3
Grade 2

Meanings

pedestal
a stand
counter for machines and vehicles

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ダイ
タイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
うてな
われ
つかさ

Common Words

Freq #2159
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack

Examples
このの上に花瓶を置いてはいけません。
Please don't place a vase on this stand.
2

Common noun

setting (of a gem); mounting

3

Common noun

stock (in grafting)

4

Counter

counter for machines and vehicles

Examples
のオートバイを比較するべきだ。
You should compare the two motorcycles.
5

Suffix; After a rounded value

level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life)

6

Noun, used as a suffix

tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform

7

Noun, used as a suffix; In place names

plateau; heights

たい
Noun
Freq #2225
1

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); (stage) performance

Examples
踊り手たちは舞台を横切って軽々と踊っていった。
The dancers tripped lightly across the stage.
2

setting (of a story); scene

Examples
その物語の舞台は明治末期の日本である。
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.
3

sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); scene; arena; world

台詞
だいし (台詞)
セリフ
科白
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #3356
1

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines

Examples
役者は台詞を暗記しなければならない。
An actor has to memorize his lines.
2

comment; remark; phrase; words

Examples
それはこっちのセリフですよ。
That's what I want to say.
3

stock phrase; set phrase; cliché; platitude

いどころ
いどこ
Noun
Freq #4112
1

kitchen

Examples
メアリーは階段をおりて台所へ行った。
Mary went down to the kitchen.
2

financial situation; finances

1台
だい
Noun
Freq #7203
1

one machine; one vehicle

Examples
1台の車が入り口に止まった。
A car stopped at the entrance.
たい
屋体
Noun
Freq #8265
1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand

2

festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform

3

stage prop fashioned after a large building

4

Abbreviation

framework (of a building); foundation

5

Archaic

house (esp. a small and miserable one)

んだい
だい
Noun
Freq #8678
1

bed; couch

Examples
彼は、寝台の長さを測った。
He measured the length of the bed.
台なし
いなし
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #10050
1

Oft. as 〜になる or 〜にする

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed; (coming to) nothing

Examples
風やら雨やらで旅行は台無しだった。
What with the wind and the rain, our trip was spoiled.
颱風
いふ
Noun
Freq #10551
1

typhoon; hurricane

Examples
台風が勢いを増した。
The typhoon gathered strength.
いほん
Noun
Freq #10632
1

script; libretto; scenario

Examples
台本に目を通しておいてください。
Please go over the script.
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