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だ い が く せ い 4 だ い が く せ い 3
noun
university student; college student
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ゆ っ く り 3
slowly; at ease; restful  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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は ち 2
Most common form: ８
numeric
eight  (捌 is used in legal documents)
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に く 2
noun
1. flesh
2. meat
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く る ま 0
Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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い じ ょ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards  (see also: 余)
2. beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
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き る 0 き る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
2. to bear (guilt, etc.)
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パ ー テ ィ ー 1
noun
party
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テ ニ ス 1
noun
tennis
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う ん ど う 0
1. exercise; physical training; work-out
2. appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying
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さ く ひ ん 0
noun
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
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ひ つ よ う 0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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じ ん じ ゃ 1
noun
Shinto shrine
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よ う い 1
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
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ふ る い 0
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
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せ い か つ 0
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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ま い あ さ 1 ま い あ さ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every morning
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か い が い 1
foreign; abroad; overseas
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い し ゃ 0
noun
(medical) doctor; physician  (see also: お医者さん; pol. お医者さん; sensitive)
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が っ き 0
musical instrument
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あ か い 0
1. red
2. Red (i.e. communist)
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し ょ う ね ん 0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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こ う ち ょ う 0
noun
principal; headmaster
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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さ い し ょ 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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も っ と も 3
most; extremely
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あ お 1
1. blue
2. green
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じ ょ せ い 0
1. woman; female
2. feminine gender  (linguistics terminology; this meaning is restricted to reading じょせい)
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け っ こ ん 0
marriage
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け い か く 0
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
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ふ む 0
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to step on; to tread on
2. to experience; to undergo
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か ぐ 1
noun
furniture
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ふ そ く 0
insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth  (opposite: 満足)
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も く て き 0
noun
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
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せ つ め い 0
explanation; exposition
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ひ る 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. noon; midday  (see also: 御昼)
2. daytime  (this meaning is restricted to form 昼, 晝)
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ま に あ う 3
1. to be in time for
2. to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
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お そ い 0 お そ い 2
1. slow  (this meaning is restricted to form 遅い, 鈍い)
2. late (e.g. "late at night")
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は れ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining
2. to refresh (e.g. spirits)
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お と す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
2. to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
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こ わ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to break; to destroy; to demolish
2. to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
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は な れ る 3
Most common form: はなれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
2. to leave; to go away
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か ん け い 0
1. relation; relationship; connection
2. participation; involvement; concern
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り ゆ う 0
noun
reason; pretext; motive
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た つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand; to rise; to stand up  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
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イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 5
Internet  (computer terminology)
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き ゅ う 1 き ゅ う 0
Most common form: ９
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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な つ や す み 3
noun
summer vacation; summer holiday
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い ま 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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び じ ゅ つ か ん 3 び じ ゅ つ か ん 2
noun
art gallery; art museum
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れ ん し ゅ う 0
practice; practising
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あ き ら か 2
obvious; evident; clear; plain
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も じ 1
noun
1. letter (of alphabet); character
2. literal
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ま つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait  (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)
2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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き っ か け 0
noun
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion  (often written with kana only)
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り よ う 0
use; utilization; utilisation; application
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か わ る 0
Most common form: 変る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
2. to move to
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ど く し ょ 1
reading
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べ つ に 0
1. (not) particularly; nothing
2. separately; apart
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か み さ ま 1
noun
God
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し よ う 0
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
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か な し い 0
sad; sorrowful
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か つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to win; to gain victory
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あ し 2
noun
1. foot  (esp. 足)
2. leg  (esp. 脚,肢)
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と ち 1
noun
1. plot of land; lot; soil
2. locality; region; place
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ふ ね 1
noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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お し え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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か ん ぜ ん 0
perfection; completeness
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じ ゃ 0
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
1. then; well; so; well then  (see also: では)
2. combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles  (see also: で, は)
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は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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に も つ 1
noun
1. luggage; baggage; package  (see also: 御荷物)
2. burden  (see also: 足まとい)
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よ や く 0
1. reservation; appointment; booking; advance order
2. contract; subscription; pledge
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じ ゅ う ぶ ん 3
1. plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate
2. division into ten  (this meaning is restricted to form 十分)
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noun
1. cat
2. shamisen
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ず っ と 0 ず っ と 3
1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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な お す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to cure; to heal  (usu. 治す)
2. to fix; to correct; to repair  (usu. 直す)
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は ず か し い 4
1. shy; ashamed; embarrassed  (see also: 気恥ずかしい, 小っ恥ずかしい)
2. disgraceful; shameful
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ら い げ つ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next month
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に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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た た か い 0
noun
battle; fight; struggle; conflict
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ふ え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to increase; to multiply
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と お る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
2. to run (between); to operate (between); to connect  (of public transport)
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き め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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み ど り 1
Most common form: みどり
noun
1. green
2. greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
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し ょ う じ ょ 1
noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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く る 1
Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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い ろ い ろ 0
1. various  (often written with kana only)
2. various colors (colours)  (archaic)
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く だ さ る 3
Most common form: くださる
irregular godan verb 'aru'
1. to give; to confer; to bestow  (honorific; often written with kana only)
2. to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor  (honorific; often written with kana only)
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あ う 1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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ビ ー ル 1
noun
beer  (see also: 麦酒; ビール is sometimes written as 麦酒; originally from Dutch 'bier', eng)
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あ が る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised  (opposite: 下がる)
2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
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た ば こ 0
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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は じ め 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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あ ち ら 0
Most common form: あっち
1. that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder  (see also: 何方, 此方, 其方; often written with kana only)
2. that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
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い い え 3
interjection (kandoushi)
1. no; nay  (often written with kana only)
2. well; er; why  (often written with kana only)
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い く 0
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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い ち ど 3 い ち ど 2 い ち ど 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. once; one time; on one occasion
2. temporarily; for a moment  (this meaning is restricted to reading ひとたび)
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ふ る さ と 2
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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