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1 exact word match found in search 'しのぎをけずる'
し の ぎ を け ず る 0
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to compete ruthlessly; to sharpen swords  (idiomatic expression)
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25 partial word matches found in search 'しのぎをけずる'
し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. ridges on a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
2. ridged pattern in building
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し の ぎ 3 し の ぎ 0 し の ぎ 1
noun
1. tiding over  (see also: その場しのぎ)
2. income provided to yakuza; means of obtaining income (yakuza language)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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の
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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ぎ
ぎ 1
Most common form: 義
1. morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
2. meaning
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ぎ
ぎ 1
Most common form: 儀
noun
1. ceremony
2. matter; affair
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ぎ
ぎ 1
Most common form: 疑
noun
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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け
Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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け
け 0
Most common form: 毛
noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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け ず る 3
Most common form: 削る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off
2. to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down
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け
Most common form: 家
suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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ず
auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ぬ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated  (see also: ずれる)
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ず
Most common form: ズ
noun (suffix)
1. s (pluralizing suffix); es  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
2. 's (possessive suffix); s'; es'  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
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ず
ず 0
Most common form: 図
noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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ず る 1
Most common form: ズル
noun
1. cunning deed; dirty trick; foul play  (see also: 狡い; often written with kana only)
2. sneaky person; cunning fellow; shirker; sneak
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