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1 exact word match found in search 'さんま'
さ ん ま 0
noun
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike  (often written with kana only)
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9 words found beginning with 'さんま'
noun
samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.)  (see also: 四種曼荼羅:ししゅまんだら; Buddhist term)
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noun
three-card betting game (e.g. oicho-kabu)  (see also: おいちょかぶ; CODE cards MISSING!; rare)
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Most common form: さんまは目黒に限る
expression
Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro  (from a rakugo story, used ironically to poke fun at someone who makes an ignorant statement with confidence)
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(same as above)
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Most common form: さんまは目黒に限る
(same as above)
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さ ん ま い 0
Most common form: 三昧
noun
1. samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)  (Buddhist term; originally from Sanskrit; this meaning is restricted to reading さんまい)
noun (suffix)
2. concentrating on something; absorbing oneself in something; indulging in something  (usu. ざんまい)
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さ ん ま い め 5
Most common form: 三枚目
noun
1. comedian; actor who plays comic roles  (from Kabuki system of ranking characters)
2. figure of fun; laughing stock
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さ ん ま ん 0
Most common form: 散漫
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
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さ ん ま い 1 さ ん ま い 0
Most common form: 三枚
noun
1. three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.)
2. filleting (a fish)
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12 partial word matches found in search 'さんま'
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: 様; 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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さ
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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さ ん 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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さ
Most common form: 差
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 酸
noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 賛
noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ん
Most common form: の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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ん
Most common form: ン
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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ま
ま 1
Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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