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106 partial word matches found in search 'あの会社はみんなお偉いさんの肩書きばかりで、船頭多くて船進まずだ。'
あ の 1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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あ の 0
interjection (kandoushi)
say; well; errr ...
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あ
あ 1
Most common form: ア
interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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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
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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か い し ゃ 0
noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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え 1
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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か い 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. meeting; assembly; party
2. association; club
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や し ろ 1
noun
shrine (usually Shinto)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. company; association; society  (see also: 会社; abbreviation)
2. regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)
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は
particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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は
は 1
Most common form: 歯
noun
tooth
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は
は 0
Most common form: 葉
noun
leaf
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は
は 1
Most common form: 派
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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は
は 1
Most common form: 刃
noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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は
は 1 は 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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み ん な 3
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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み
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives)  (see also: 甘み; also written with the ateji 味)
2. nominalizing suffix indicating location  (see also: 深み)
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み
み 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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み
み 0
Most common form: 身
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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み
Most common form: 子
noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
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み
Most common form: 巳
noun
sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ん
Most common form: の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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ん
Most common form: ン
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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ん な 0
Most common form: そんな
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of  (see also: あんな, こんな, どんな)
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な お 1
adverb, conjunction
furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further  (often written with kana only)
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な
particle
1. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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な
な 0
Most common form: 名
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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な
な 1
Most common form: 菜
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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お
Most common form: 御
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: 御; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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お
interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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お
お 1
Most common form: 緒
noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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え ら い 2
1. great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
2. awful; terrible  (often written with kana only)
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greatness
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noun
big shot; higher-ups  (see also: お偉いさん, お偉方; colloquialism)
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prefix
tremendous; huge
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い
particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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interjection (kandoushi)
I don't know; who knows  (archaic)
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い
い 0
Most common form: 胃
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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い
Most common form: 井
noun
well
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い さ ん 0
Most common form: 遺産
noun
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
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い
い 1
Most common form: 医
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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い
Most common form: 偉
greatness
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い
Most common form: 位
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: 様; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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さ
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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さ ん 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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さ
Most common form: 差
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 酸
noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 賛
noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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か た 1
Most common form: かた
noun
shoulder
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か た が き 0 か た が き 4
Most common form: 肩書き
noun
title; degree; address (on letter); criminal record
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か た が き 0 か た が き 4
(same as above)
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し ょ 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. document; book
noun
2. penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
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ふ み 1
Most common form: 文
noun
letter; writings
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き
き 0
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
き 1
Most common form: 黄
yellow
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き ば 1
Most common form: 騎馬
noun
horse-riding
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き ば 1
Most common form: 牙
noun
tusk; fang
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き ば 2
Most common form: 木場
noun
lumberyard
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き
き 1
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
き 1
Most common form: 期
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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ば
particle
1. if ... then; when
2. and  (often ...も...ば...も...)
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particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than  (often written with kana only)
2. approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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ば か 1
Most common form: バカ
noun
1. idiot; moron; fool  (often written with kana only)
2. trivial matter; folly; absurdity  (often written with kana only)
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ば
ば 0
Most common form: 場
noun
1. place; spot; space
2. field; discipline; sphere; realm
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か
particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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か
か 0
Most common form: 蚊
noun
mosquito
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か
か 1
Most common form: 可
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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か
か 1
Most common form: 課
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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か り 0
Most common form: 仮
1. temporary; provisional; interim
2. fictitious; assumed (name); alias
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か り 1
Most common form: 狩り
noun
1. hunting
noun, noun (suffix)
2. harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
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か
Most common form: 科
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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か り 0
Most common form: 借り
noun
borrowing; debt; loan
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か
Most common form: 架
noun
rack; mount; stand
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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
noun
1. Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)  (see also: 郷里制, 国郡里制)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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で
particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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で
で 0 で 1
Most common form: 出
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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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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せ ん ど う 3
noun
boatman; ferryman
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あ た ま 3
noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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noun
shape of one's head  (archaic; often written with kana only)
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ど た ま 3
noun
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin  (often written with kana only; derogatory)
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suffix
1. top of ..; head of ..  (after a noun)
2. the moment that ..  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Most common form: とう
counter
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)
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こ う べ 0
Most common form: 首
noun
head
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お お く 1
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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た 1
noun, prefix
multi-
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く
く 1 く 0
Most common form: ９
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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く
く 1
Most common form: 区
noun
ward; district; section
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く
く 1
Most common form: 句
noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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ま ず 1
1. first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now  (often written with kana only)
2. hardly (with neg. verb)
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ま
ま 1
Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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ず
auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ぬ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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ず
Most common form: ズ
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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ず
ず 0
Most common form: 図
noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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