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21 exact word matches found in search 'せんこう'
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Most common form: 専攻
major subject; special study
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Most common form: 先行
preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority
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Most common form: 選考
selection; screening
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Most common form: 線香
noun
incense stick
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Most common form: 潜航
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
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Most common form: 先攻
batting first  (baseball term)
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1. underwater navigation
2. going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito; traveling incognito; travelling in disguise; traveling in disguise
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noun
1. teacher  (slang; derogatory)
2. previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
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Most common form: せん光
noun
flash; glint
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noun
one's late father
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8 words found beginning with 'せんこう'
noun
ability to bore; capability of boring
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noun
(angle of) optical rotation  (chemistry term, physics terminology)
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Most common form: 線香をあげる
expression, ichidan verb
to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick
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(same as above)
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noun
stun grenade; flashbang  (see also: フラッシュバン)
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noun
selection process; screening process
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noun
pre-order; presale; advance sale
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noun
antecedent condition; precondition
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20 partial word matches found in search 'せんこう'
so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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Most common form:
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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Most common form:
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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Most common form:
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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1. in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such  (see also: 然う, ああ, 如何; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)  (often written with kana only)
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manuscript; version; draft
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noun, noun (suffix)
marquis; lord; daimyo
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noun
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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Most common form:
noun
1. carapace; shell
2. 1st in rank; grade A
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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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Most common form:
noun
arc
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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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