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6 exact word matches found in search 'しょうちょう'
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Most common form: 象徴
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Most common form: 消長
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
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Most common form: 小腸
noun
small intestine
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noun
ministries and government offices; the authorities
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noun
Shouchou era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
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noun
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryo system)  (archaic)
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2 words found beginning with 'しょうちょう'
noun
the emperor as a symbol of Japan; symbolic emperor
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noun
symbolism
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34 partial word matches found in search 'しょうちょう'
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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Most common form:
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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Most common form:
noun
1. chapter; section
2. medal
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
prize; award
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Most common form: 背負う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder
2. to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)
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Most common form: 承知
1. knowledge; awareness
2. consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; compliance; agreement; acknowledgment; acknowledgement
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. quotient  (see also: ; mathematics)
2. dealing; dealer; store
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Most common form:
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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Most common form:
noun
phenomenon
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Most common form:
prefix
various; many; several
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun
commander; general; leader
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
illness
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Most common form: 招致
invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
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Most common form:
noun
official; civil service
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1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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1. house; home (one's own)  (often written with kana only)
2. (one's) family; (one's) household  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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Most common form:
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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suffix
person who is ...; thing that is ...  (after a noun or the root of an adjective)
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just a minute; short time; just a little  (equiv. of ちょっと; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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Most common form:
noun
blood; consanguinity
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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noun, noun (suffix)
government office; agency; board
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numeric
1. 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion
noun
2. sign; omen; indication; portent  (see also: 兆し)
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Most common form:
noun
guts; bowels; intestines
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noun
butterfly
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix), prefix
1. super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really
noun, noun (suffix)
2. over (after a number or counter); more than
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noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. merit; strong point  (see also: )
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noun
1. work; book
suffix
2. (a book) by
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counter
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
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