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125 partial word matches found in search '『カムイの剣』は、1868年の徳川将軍時代の崩壊と、明治天皇下での日本の復興という変革期を舞台にした、一種の侍/忍者物語だ。'
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noun
cam
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noun
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami  (see also: ; originally from ain 'kamuy')
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counter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
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noun
1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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noun
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens)  (often written with kana only)
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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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Most common form: けん
noun
1. sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade
2. bayonet  (this meaning is restricted to reading けん)
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particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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noun
tooth
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noun
leaf
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noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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noun
1. virtue
2. benevolence
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Most common form: かわ
noun
1. river; stream  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわ)
suffix
2. the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)  (usually read がわ)
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noun
general; shogun
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Most common form: しょう
noun
commander; general; leader
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noun, noun (suffix)
army; force; troops
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noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
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noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; reign  (see also: 台・だい)
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noun
1. substitution
2. material
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noun
world; society; age; generation
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1. collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in  (see also: 崩れる)
2. decay  (see also: α崩壊; physics terminology)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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noun
way
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noun
1. to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)  (obsolete term)
2. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (see also: 枡形)
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noun
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
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noun
Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)
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noun
1. brightness
2. clarity; acumen
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noun
1. vidya (wisdom)  (Buddhist term)
2. mantra  (see also: 真言)
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noun
Emperor Meiji
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1. clearly; brightly  (archaic)
2. cleanly; purely
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noun
Emperor of Japan
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noun
1. sky
2. heaven  (this meaning is restricted to reading てん)
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noun
Emperor of Japan  (see also: 天皇:てんのう; honorific; archaic)
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noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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noun
1. lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
2. second volume (of two); third volume (of three)  (see also: 下巻; opposite: )
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noun
1. lower reaches (of a river)  (opposite: )
2. bottom; lower part
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under (being in said condition or environment)
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particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
2. attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
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noun
Japan
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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noun
1. Sunday  (see also: 日曜; abbreviation)
suffix
2. day (of the month)  (also んち or ち)
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noun (suffix)
1. day of month
2. counter for days
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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
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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Most common form: ほんの
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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revival; renaissance; reconstruction; restoration
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Most common form: また
adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: きょう
noun
1. interest; entertainment; pleasure
2. implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)  (see also: 六義)
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noun
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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noun
question; query
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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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Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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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
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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1. strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
2. unexpected
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1. change; transformation; innovation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; upheaval
2. Reformation
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noun
time of great change; era of reform
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Most common form: かわ
noun
leather
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noun
1. leather; tanned animal hide  (this meaning is restricted to reading つくりかわ)
2. kanji "leather" radical (radical 177)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
1. stage (theatre, theater)
2. scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
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Most common form: まい
noun
dancing; dance
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
2. support; holder; rack
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noun, noun (prefix), noun (suffix)
Taiwan  (see also: 台湾; abbreviation)
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noun
1. tower
2. stand; pedestal
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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Most common form: 西
noun
west
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Most common form: 二死
noun
two out; two down (and one to go)  (baseball term)
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noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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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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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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adverb, noun
species; kind; variety
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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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most  (archaic)
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Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. kind; variety
2. (biological) species
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. cause; seed; origin  (oft. ぐさ in compounds)
noun
2. variety; kind
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noun
1. warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
2. man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さぶらい)
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noun
ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)  (see also: 忍術)
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noun
1. squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)  (often written with kana only)
2. Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern)  (see also: 軒忍; often written with kana only)
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noun
endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint  (archaic)
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Most common form: もの
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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noun, suffix
someone of that nature; someone doing that work
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3
tale; story; legend
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noun
1. stock; products
2. stolen goods; loot; spoils  (often written with kana only; slang)
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Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. language
2. word
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noun
1. talk; recital
2. narration
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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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