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あ し た 3
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. tomorrow
2. near future  (this meaning is restricted to reading あす)
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ら く 1
'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. comfort; ease
noun
2. raku pottery  (see also: 楽焼き; abbreviation)
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ぶ ち ょ う 0
noun
1. head (chief, director) of a section or department
2. head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team  (see also: 倶楽部)
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コ ー ヒ ー 3
coffee  (often written with kana only; originally from eng 'coffee', dut 'koffie')
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あ の 1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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か ん き ょ う 0
environment; circumstance
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: 様; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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し ゅ う か ん 0
1. habit
2. custom; cultural practice
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せ ん ぱ い 0
noun
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer  (see also: 後輩)
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あ げ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to elevate  (see also: 手を挙げる)
2. to do up (one's hair)  (see also: 髪を上げる)
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き も の 0
noun
1. clothing; clothes
2. kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)
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へ や 2
noun
1. room; chamber
2. apartment; flat; pad
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に ゅ う が く 0
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.)
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こ う こ く 0
advertisement
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か み 2
noun
paper
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も く よ う び 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Thursday
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す い よ う び 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Wednesday
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テ レ ビ 1
noun
1. television; TV  (see also: テレビジョン; abbreviation)
2. TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast  (abbreviation)
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お と こ 3
noun, noun (prefix)
1. man; male  (see also: 女)
noun
2. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
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も う 1 も う 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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も ん だ い 0
noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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い い 1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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さ と う 2
noun
sugar
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む し 0
noun
insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
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か よ う び 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Tuesday
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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し あ わ せ 0
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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し る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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つ ち 2
noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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Most common form: 起す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
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い み 1
meaning; significance
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せ ん 1
Most common form: せん
numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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が く せ い 0
noun
student (esp. a university student)
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た く さ ん 3
'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal  (often written with kana only)
2. enough; sufficient  (often written with kana only)
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し ゃ し ん 0
noun
1. photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap
2. movie  (see also: 活動写真)
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し ん ご う 0
1. signal; signalling; signaling
noun
2. traffic light; traffic signal
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バ ス 1
noun
1. bus
2. bath
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か ぞ く 1
family; members of a family
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わ ら う 0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to laugh
2. to smile
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え い が 1 え い が 0
movie; film
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ね ん か ん 0
years (period of)
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こ た え る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to answer; to reply
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こ う え ん 0
noun
(public) park
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ち ゅ う が く 1
noun
middle school; junior high school  (see also: 中学校; abbreviation)
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お ん な 1 お ん な 0
noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: 男; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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あ に 1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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く う き 1
noun
1. air; atmosphere
2. mood; situation  (see also: 空気を読む)
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は や い 2
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
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あ か る い 0 あ か る い 3
1. bright; colourful
2. cheerful
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う た う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to sing
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem  (esp. 歌う, 詠う)
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ひ み つ 0
1. secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy
2. secret; mystery
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み つ け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot
2. to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault
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ス ポ ー ツ 2
sport; sports
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ま い し ゅ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every week
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ニ ュ ー ス 1
noun
news
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ま ち 2
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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し ゅ し ょ う 0
noun
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
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て 1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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ホ テ ル 1
noun
hotel
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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ク ラ ス 1
noun
class
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じ ん せ い 1
noun
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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ぎ ん こ う 0
bank
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き び し い 4
1. severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless
2. stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic
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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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は な 2
noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
2. cherry blossom
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た べ も の 3 た べ も の 2 た べ も の 4
noun
food
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ど う ぶ つ 0
noun
animal
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こ ん ご 0 こ ん ご 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
from now on; hereafter
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あ る く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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も っ と 1
(some) more; even more; longer; further
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と お い 0
far; distant
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わ か れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be divided; to part from; to separate (usu. for people); to bid farewell
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と も だ ち 0
noun
friend; companion
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さ い ご 1
1. last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent
expression
2. no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences)  (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga")
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つ つ む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
2. to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by  (this meaning is restricted to reading つつむ)
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り ょ う り 1
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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で す 1
expression
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; polite copula; polite (teineigo) language)
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も つ 1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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こ ん ど 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. this time; now
2. next time; another time; shortly; soon
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そ し て 0 そ し て 3
conjunction
and; and then; thus; and now  (often written with kana only)
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ざ っ し 0
noun
journal; magazine; periodical
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ラ ジ オ 1
noun
radio
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ま ち が い 3
noun
1. mistake; error; blunder  (see also: ミス)
2. accident; mishap; trouble
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じ ょ う げ 1
noun
1. top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down
2. going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
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し つ も ん 0
question; inquiry; enquiry
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ゆ う め い 0
1. famous
noun
2. fame
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ら い ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next year
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こ た え 2
noun
answer; reply; response; solution
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や す む 2
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be absent; to take a day off
2. to rest; to have a break
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カ ラ オ ケ 0
karaoke (singing to taped accompaniment)  (from 空 and オーケストラ; often written with kana only)
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む ず か し い 4
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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お こ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get angry; to get mad
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to tell someone off; to scold  (this meaning is restricted to reading おこる)
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は る 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. spring; springtime
2. New Year
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さ か な 0 さ か な 2 さ か な 1
noun
fish
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カ メ ラ 1
noun
camera
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う み 1
noun
sea; ocean; waters
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は ん に ん 1
noun
offender; criminal
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だ い が く い ん 4
noun
graduate school
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