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32 word matches found for '巻' using reading 'かん'
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noun, counter
volume (of book); reel (of film)
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noun
end of a book
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noun
highlight; best part; masterpiece
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noun
separate volume; extra issue
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noun
1. opening page of book; beginning of an essay
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. prefatory
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noun
the whole reel; the whole volume; the complete set
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noun
consecutive number of (or total) volumes
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noun
last volume (in set)  (see also: 上巻)
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noun
first volume (in set); volume one; book one  (see also: 下巻, 中巻)
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noun
1. volume number; reel number; scroll number
2. number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.)
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noun
missing volume (e.g. of a set of books)
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noun
book (usu. old); publication; document
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noun
type of picture book popular in the late Edo period
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noun
beginning of a book or scroll
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noun
first volume (of book)
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0-0
expression
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
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0
noun
middle volume (in set); volume two (of three)  (see also: 上巻, 下巻)
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noun
volume 1; first volume
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noun
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
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noun
(center portion of a) scroll (centre)
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noun
previous volume
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noun
crib notes; key (to a diagram)
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noun
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
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noun
foreword; preface; prefatory note
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noun
prefatory song or poem; opening song
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noun
supplement; supplementary volume
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noun
end of a book
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opening (part) of a book
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noun
roll; scroll; rolled book
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noun
at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...  (yojijukugo)
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