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73 partial word matches found in search 'おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。'
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prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; 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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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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Most common form: 叔父
noun
uncle  (see also: 叔母; 伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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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. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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noun
hemorrhoids; piles
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last year
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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. the teaching profession
2. (in Christianity) education of laity
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
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noun
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)  (see also: 律令制)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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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. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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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. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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noun
hoop; binding (e.g. of a barrel)
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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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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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conjunction
and; thereupon; because of that  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding  (often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
there! (used to call someone's attention to something)
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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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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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. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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Most common form: なんと
what; how; whatever
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Most common form: なんとか
expression
1. something; something or other; so-and-so  (often written with kana only)
2. somehow; anyhow; one way or another  (often written with kana only)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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particle, conjunction
among other things; such things as; or something like that
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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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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
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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noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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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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suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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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
(social) position; status
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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noun
1. ground; land; earth; soil  (abbreviation)
2. the region in question; the local area
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noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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Most common form: くらい
adverb, suffix
1. throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat  (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat")
2. government position; court rank  (see also: 位階)
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1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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6 words found matching 'おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。' when conjugated
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1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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noun
old man  (see also: 老媼)
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noun
(used with suffix -san or -sama) endearing term for unrelated older man; (with suffix -san) term used by a child to address unrelated adult male
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Most common form: 叔父
noun
uncle  (see also: 叔母・おば; 伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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(same as above)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be scared
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