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noun
small birds
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Most common form: つばめ
noun
1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin  (often written with kana only)
2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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Most common form: すずめ
noun
1. tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
2. talkative person; knowledgeable person
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particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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interjection (kandoushi)
how; why  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. stomach
2. Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 胃宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
well
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noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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greatness
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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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noun (suffix)
1. s (pluralizing suffix); es  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
2. 's (possessive suffix); s'; es'  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
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noun
putting oneself into something; exerting oneself  (regional dialect: Nagano-ben)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun, suffix
Mr (junior); master; boy
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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noun
native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character  (see also: )
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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particle
(sentence end) adds force; indicates command  (male term or language)
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noun
grand swan
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noun
bean goose (Anser fabalis)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. large bird
2. peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)  (see also: ; esp. 鵬)
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noun
swan  (see also: 白鳥; archaic)
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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noun
will; intention; motive
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
1. wisdom
2. jnana (higher knowledge)  (Buddhist term)
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suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. column of text (e.g. in a newspaper)
2. field (in a form, web page, etc.)
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Most common form: ラン
noun
1. orchid
2. Holland; The Netherlands  (see also: 和蘭; abbreviation)
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particle
1. such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and
2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as  (see also: や否や; after the dictionary form of a verb)
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noun
1. arrow
2. wedge; chock
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noun
spoke  (see also: スポーク)
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Most common form: 例え
noun
1. example  (esp. 例え)
2. simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable  (esp. 譬え, 喩え)
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Most common form: えぇ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. eh?; what?; oh?
2. yes; that's correct  (see also: はい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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noun
branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
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noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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noun
inlet; bay
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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noun
discipline; revelation
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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noun
poem; verse of poetry
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手; colloquialism)
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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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noun
true meaning; underlying principle
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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1. morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
2. meaning
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guess; conjecture; surmise
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noun
police  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to make (someone) do  (see also: 為る; often written with kana only)
2. to allow (someone) to  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. auxiliary verb indicating the causative  (せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段, follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs, senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す)
2. auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something  (usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc.; humble)
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Most common form: させる
(same as above)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to compete
2. to bid
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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Most common form: 風諭
hint; insinuation; indirect suggestion; allegory
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
indicates continuing action or state (e.g. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (from ..て or で plus いる; colloquialism)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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Most common form: 煎る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
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Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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