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12 exact word matches found in search 'さん'
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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Most common form:
noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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suffix
1. Mt.; Mount  (after the name of a mountain)
2. Mt.; Mount  (see also: 山号; after a temple's honorific mountain name)
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noun
1. frame (i.e. of a sliding door)
2. crosspiece; bar
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3
noun
1. divining sticks
2. counting; calculation
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noun
1. (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement  (see also: お産)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. native of; product of
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noun
dining  (archaic)
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216 words found beginning with 'さん'
1
Most common form: 三角
noun
triangle; triangular
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1
Most common form: 三月
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
March
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0
Most common form: 散歩
walk; stroll
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3
Most common form: 三千
noun
1. 3000
2. many
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0
Most common form: 参加
participation
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0
Most common form: 参考
reference; consultation  (see also: 参考にする)
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1
Most common form: 酸素
oxygen (O)
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1
Most common form: 三時
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. 3 o'clock
2. 3 o'clock snack  (see also: 3時のおやつ)
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0
Most common form: 賛成
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
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0
Most common form: 産業
1. industry
noun
2. livelihood; occupation  (archaic)
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32 words found containing 'さん' in any position
noun
1. female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)  (see also: ママ)
noun, noun (prefix)
2. mother; housewife
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. dad  (familiar language)
noun
2. (male) pet owner
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noun
mother's boy; mother's girl
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noun
yakuza; gangster  (see also: ヤクザ; regional dialect: Osaka-ben)
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noun
make-up artist  (see also: メイク)
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delicious; tasty  (regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
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noun or verb acting prenominally
1. hot (thing, temper, gaze, topic)  (regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
2. hot; warm; sultry; heated  (regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
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interjection (kandoushi)
congratulations!  (regional dialect: Osaka-ben)
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noun
Amitabha Buddha  (see also: 阿弥陀仏, 南無阿弥陀仏; from the invocation 南無阿弥陀仏; children's language; regional dialect: Osaka-ben)
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interjection (kandoushi)
congratulations!  (see also: おめでとうさん; colloquialism)
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