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22 partial word matches found in search 'そろそろお客が来る時間だ。'
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1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; this meaning is restricted to reading そろそろ, ソロソロ)
2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form:
noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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Most common form:
noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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noun
1. guest; visitor
2. customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
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Most common form: 客人
noun
1. visitor from afar  (see also: まろうど)
2. joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
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Most common form: 客人
noun
visitor from afar; guest
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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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Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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prefix
1. next (year, etc.)
suffix
2. since (last month, etc.)
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1. next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming  (opposite: 去る)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to come; to arrive; to be due to  (orig. meaning)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. 1.818 m (6 shaku)
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
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copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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4 words found matching 'そろそろお客が来る時間だ。' when conjugated
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Most common form: 反る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent
2. to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
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Most common form: 剃る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to shave
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent
2. to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to shave
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