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4 exact word matches found in search 'かな'
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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
1. money  (see also: お金)
2. metal
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particle
how!; what!; alas!  (archaic; often written with kana only)
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41 words found beginning with 'かな'
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Most common form: 悲しい
sad; sorrowful
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1. to come true (wish)  (esp. 叶う; often written with kana only)
2. to be suited  (see also: 道理に適う; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 必ず
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
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considerably; fairly; quite  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 悲しみ
noun
1. sadness; sorrow; grief
2. affection; love  (archaic)
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noun
1. (my) wife  (humble; this meaning is restricted to reading かない)
2. inside the home; one's family
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Most common form: 必ずしも
not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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Most common form:
noun
1. pivot
2. vital point; cornerstone; keystone
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Most common form: 金山
noun
(gold) mine
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expression
I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful  (see also: かなわない; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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23 words found containing 'かな' in any position
expression, 'i' adjective
is nothing but; is nothing more than; is only; is no more than
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expression
I've got to be going; I must go  (see also: 無くては:なくては)
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expression, 'na' adjective
(going) crazy; (being) close to the edge
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expression
is there anything that can be done?; is it beyond help?; is the case hopeless?  (see also: どうにかなる)
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expression, 'i' adjective
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear  (idiomatic expression)
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expression
(for) any reason
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expression
to be completely still
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expression
cannot avoid (doing); cannot help (doing); have no other choice but to; must (do)  (see also: わけにはいかない; after neg. verb stem; often written with kana only)
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expression, 'i' adjective
not easy; not lenient  (see also: 甘い:あまい; non-standard neg. of 甘い; colloquialism)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK  (often written with kana only)
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