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141 partial word matches found in search 'あの腕の立つ若い棋士は、なかなか大胆だ。わざと、どこからも攻撃されやすいように、しかも陥落されやすいようにみせかけて、相手が最も予期しない時に王手を決める。'
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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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interjection (kandoushi)
say; well; errr ...
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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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
1. arm
2. skill; efforts; ability
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noun
1. arm (esp. upper arm)  (archaic)
2. counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
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'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand; to rise; to stand up  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
1. indicates two contrasting actions  (see also: 浮きつ沈みつ, 追いつ追われつ; form: ...つ...つ)
particle
2. indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)  (archaic)
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1. young; youthful
2. immature; green
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
like; similar to; same as  (see also: 如し)
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noun
1. youth
2. child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)
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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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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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noun
shogi player; go player
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noun
go (board game of capturing territory)
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noun
1. man (esp. one who is well-respected)
2. samurai  (see also: )
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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)
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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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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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1. very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather  (often written with kana only)
2. by no means (with negative verb); not readily  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
relation; relationship
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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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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noun
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)  (see also: 真名)
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particle
1. (at sentence end) I wonder
2. (at sentence end) should I?; is it?
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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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bold; daring; audacious
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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prefix
big; large  (see also: )
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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Most common form: キモ
noun
1. liver; innards
2. courage; spirit; pluck; guts
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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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on purpose  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. indicates emotion or admiration  (at sentence end; female term or language)
2. indicates emphasis  (at sentence end; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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counter
counter for birds and rabbits
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noun
technique; art; skill
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noun
1. sum  (mathematics)
2. harmony; peace
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counter
counter for bundles
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Most common form: ざあ
expression
if it is not ...; if it does not ...  (see also: まい; after the -nai stem of a verb, usu. accompanied by まい, esp. as 〜ざあなるまい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. seat; place; position
2. status
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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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1. where; what place  (see also: 此処, 其処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. how much (long, far); what extent  (see also: 何れ程)
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expression, noun, adverb
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects  (often written with kana only)
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but (archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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Most common form: っこ
suffix
1. doing; in such a state  (see also: 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ; abbreviation)
2. doing together; contest; match  (see also: 睨めっこ)
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noun
arc
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Most common form: 固化
solidification
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particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
2. from (originator); by
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emptiness; vacuum; blank
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noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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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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particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as AもBも)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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1. attack; strike; offensive  (see also: 守備)
2. criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
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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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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
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
historian
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2
conjunction
1. moreover; furthermore  (often written with kana only)
2. nevertheless; and yet  (often written with kana only)
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noun
market price; current price
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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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Most common form: 詩歌
Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
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Most common form: 鹿
noun
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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Most common form: 歯科
noun
dentistry
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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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particle
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (see also: かもしれない; abbreviation)
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noun
1. duck  (often written with kana only)
2. easy mark; sucker; sitting duck  (often written with kana only)
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fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
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noun
1. companion; partner; company
2. other party; addressee
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suffix
minister of state
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prefix
together; mutually; fellow
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noun
1. appearance; look; countenance
2. a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune  (see also: 女難の相)
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Most common form: こもごも
alternately; in succession  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. one's nature; one's destiny
2. custom; tradition; habit
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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most; extremely
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1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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expectation; assume will happen; forecast
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noun or verb acting prenominally
unexpected (e.g. results); unforeseen; unanticipated
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noun, suffix
1. over; more than  (see also: 以上; also written as 餘)
2. formal or oratory first person pronoun; I  (archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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noun
China  (see also: 中国; often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji; sensitive; often written with kana only)
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suffix
having just started...  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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(within a) city; local  (opposite: 市外)
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noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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Most common form: 竹刀
noun
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick  (martial arts term)
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1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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auxiliary adjective
1. not  (verb-negating suffix, may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
2. emphatic suffix  (see also: 忙しない; after the root of an adjective)
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: )
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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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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Most common form: ときに
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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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. king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
2. tycoon; magnate; champion; master
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noun
emperor; king; prince
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check  (shogi term)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
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noun, noun (suffix)
agreement; rule
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1
noun
decision; vote  (see also: 決を取る)
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noun, noun (suffix)
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)  (see also: 月極め, 日極め; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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noun
sprout
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Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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