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50 partial word matches found in search '「人生の先輩たちに学ぶ生きる理由」'

noun

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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noun

1. man; person

2. human being; mankind; people

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1. counter for people

noun

2. person (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)

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suffix

1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.

2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field)

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suffix

person

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expression, noun

older person with more life experience

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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)

1. raw; uncooked; fresh

2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed

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noun, noun (suffix)

area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) (see also: 芝生)

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noun

boiled and half-dried bonito (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)

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noun

1. life; living

noun, noun (suffix)

2. I; me; myself (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)

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noun, prefix

pure; undiluted; raw; crude

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prefix

vital; virile; lively (archaic)

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Most common form: 初

'na' adjective, noun, 'no' adjective

1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)

noun (prefix)

2. birth- (産, 生)

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の

particle

1. indicates possessive (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)

2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives

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の

Most common form: 野

noun

1. plain; field

2. hidden (structural) member (this meaning is restricted to reading の)

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noun

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer (see also: 後輩)

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Most common form: 前

noun, 'no' adjective, noun (suffix), prefix

1. previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding

2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle

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'no' adjective, noun

1. former; previous; old

noun

2. first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

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noun

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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noun

comrade; fellow

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noun

group; gang; bunch

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Most common form: 原

noun (suffix)

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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たち

suffix

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific) (often written with kana only)

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た

auxiliary verb

1. indicate past completed or action (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)

2. indicates light imperative (see also: だ)

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たち

noun

long sword

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た

Most common form: 他

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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た

Most common form: 多

noun, prefix

multi-

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たち

noun

1. departure; setting off; start

2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out

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ち

Most common form: 血

noun

blood; consanguinity

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ち

Most common form: 地

noun, noun (suffix)

1. earth; ground; land; soil

2. place

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に

particle

1. at (place, time); in; on; during

2. to (direction, state); toward; into

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に

Most common form: 二

numeric

two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)

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に

Most common form: 荷

noun

1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods

2. burden; responsibility

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に

Most common form: 丹

noun

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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ぶ

'bu' godan verb

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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suffix

1. -ology; -ics; study of ...

noun

2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge

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ぶ

Most common form: 部

noun, noun (suffix)

1. department (in an organization); division; bureau (higher than a 課)

2. club

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きる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

1. to live; to exist

2. to make a living; to subsist

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き

noun

1. living; being alive (opposite: 死に)

2. freshness; liveliness; vitality

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きる

'ru' godan verb, transitive verb

to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off); to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)

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き

Most common form: 気

noun

1. spirit; mind; heart (see also: 気を逸らす)

2. nature; disposition (see also: 気が小さい)

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きる

Most common form: 着る

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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きる

Most common form: 切る

suffix, 'ru' godan verb, transitive verb

1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

2. to sever (connections, ties) (see also: 縁を切る)

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き

Most common form: 黄

noun, 'na' adjective

yellow

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き

Most common form: 記

noun, noun (suffix)

1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record (also written 紀)

noun

2. Records of Ancient Matters (see also: 古事記; abbreviation)

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き

Most common form: 期

noun, noun (suffix)

1. period; time

2. age (geology, etc. term)

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noun

reason; pretext; motive

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noun

1. reason; principle; logic

2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) (see also: 事; Buddhist term)

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noun

reason; truth; way of things; justice (see also: 道理)

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noun

1. reason; significance; cause

2. piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ... (this meaning is restricted to form 由)

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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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