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56 partial word matches found in search 'お年寄りには生きがいが必要だ。'
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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と し 2
noun
1. year
2. age; years
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と し よ り 4 と し よ り 3
noun
1. old people; the aged
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay  (sumo term)
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ね ん 1
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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と し よ り 4 と し よ り 3
Most common form: 年寄り
noun
1. old people; the aged
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay  (sumo term)
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よ り 0
noun
1. pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters  (sumo term)
suffix
2. having a tendency towards; being close to
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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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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: に, は)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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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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い き 0
noun
1. living; being alive  (opposite: 死に)
2. freshness; liveliness; vitality
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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
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noun, noun (suffix)
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)  (see also: 芝生)
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noun
boiled and half-dried bonito  (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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せ い 1
noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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き 1
noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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い き が い 0 い き が い 3
noun
something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
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う ぶ 1
Most common form: 初
1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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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 が い 1
Most common form: 危害
noun
injury; harm; danger
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き が 1
Most common form: 飢餓
noun
starvation; famine; hunger
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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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き が い 0
Most common form: 気概
noun
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
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が
particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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が
noun
moth
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が い 1
noun
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
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Most common form: 街
noun (suffix), prefix
.. street; .. quarter; .. district
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Most common form: 外
suffix
outside of; not covered by  (opposite: 内)
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い が 2
noun
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case  (botany term; often written with kana only)
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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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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
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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ひ つ よ う 0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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noun
definiteness; certainty  (archaic)
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か な め 0
noun
1. pivot
2. vital point; cornerstone; keystone
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よ う 1
noun
1. cornerstone; main point; keystone
2. requirement; need
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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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