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54 partial word matches found in search 'その記者は新聞が印刷される直前に記事を送った。'
1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the  (see also: 何の, 此の, 其れ, 彼の; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. um...; er...; uh...
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation  (see also: りんご園; えん usually when a suffix)
2. place; location  (see also: 学びの園)
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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reporter  (see also: ジャーナリスト)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record  (also written 紀)
noun
2. Records of Ancient Matters  (see also: 古事記; abbreviation)
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2
Most common form: もの
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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noun, suffix
someone of that nature; someone doing that work
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particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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noun
tooth
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0
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noun
leaf
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noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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1 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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0
newspaper
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noun (prefix), noun, noun (suffix)
1. new; neo-
noun
2. Gregorian calendar  (see also: 新暦; abbreviation)
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1. new; unused  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Kansai-ben; this meaning is restricted to reading さら)
prefix
2. new
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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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0
printing
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0
noun
1. mark; sign  (esp. 印, 標)
2. symbol; emblem  (also written as 徴)
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noun
1. seal; stamp; mark; print
2. mudra (symbolic hand gesture)  (Buddhist term)
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suffix, counter
printing; impression; issue
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2
noun
printing
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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2
honorific or passive form of the verb "suru"  (see also: 為る; often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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Most common form: られる
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")  (see also: 未然形, 迷惑の受身; れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs)
2. indicates the potential form  (see also: ら抜き言葉; no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
just before
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1. soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
2. nearby; close
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1. straight  (see also: 真直, 直直; archaic)
2. ordinary; common
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1. direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight
2. night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)  (see also: 当直)
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prefix
earnestly; immediately; exactly  (often written with kana only)
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straight; direct  (archaic)
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noun (prefix), 'no' adjective, noun
direct  (see also: 直に)
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0
1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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noun
Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators)  (see also: 国造, )
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noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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noun (prefix)
1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
2. pre- (e.g. "premodern")  (before the name of an era)
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ahead; before; ago
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noun, 'no' adjective, noun (suffix), prefix
1. previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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noun
article; news story; report; account
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suffix
1. nominalizing suffix  (see also: )
2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...  (see also: )
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noun
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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2
Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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1 word found matching 'その記者は新聞が印刷される直前に記事を送った。' when conjugated
Most common form: その
1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the  (see also: 何の, 此の, 其れ, 彼の; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. um...; er...; uh...
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