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2 exact word matches found in search 'こども'
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Most common form: 子供
noun
child; children
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noun
1. child; small person  (opposite: 大人)
2. dwarf; midget  (opposite: 巨人; this meaning is restricted to reading こびと)
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21 words found beginning with 'こども'
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Most common form: 子供たち
noun
children
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Most common form: 子供の日
noun
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5th)
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noun
children's (TV) show; children's program
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Most common form: 子供の頃
expression, 'no' adjective
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
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Most common form: 子供心
noun
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
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Most common form: 子供向け
for children; for kids; directed at children; designed for children
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Most common form: 子供病院
noun
children's hospital
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Most common form: 子供園
noun
certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten  (see also: 認定こども園; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 子供遊び
noun
child's play
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Most common form: 子供食堂
noun
volunteer-run cafeteria providing free or inexpensive meals (to children, etc.)
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1 word found containing 'こども' in any position
Most common form: 認定子供園
noun
certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten
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11 partial word matches found in search 'こども'
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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Most common form:
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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but (archaic)
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particle
even though; even if  (see also: ても; after the -ba stem of a verb)
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prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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suffix
1. first-person plural (or singular)  (humble; often written with kana only)
2. second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)  (derogatory; 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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