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137 partial word matches found in search 'ビルは常に静かで、家庭を大事にする男だったが、新しい地位について数ヶ月後には性格が変わってしまった。'
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noun
1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building  (see also: ビルディング; abbreviation)
2. bill
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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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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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Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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always; constantly
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usual state of things
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prefix
constant; unchanging; eternal
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Most common form: ただ
1. ordinary; common; usual  (often written with kana only)
2. free of charge  (only 只; often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 永久
1. eternity; perpetuity; immortality  (とわ tends to be more abstract)
2. Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
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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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1. quiet; silent
2. slow; unhurried
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noun
1. stillness  (see also: 静と動)
2. quiet; peacefulness
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prefix
quiet; calm; still  (see also: 静心)
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particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
2. attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
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noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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home; family; household
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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suffix
-ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er  (see also: 政治家)
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Most common form: うち
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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suffix
1. (something) shop  (see also: パン屋; usu. 屋)
2. somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)  (see also: 殺し屋; usu. 屋, can be derog.)
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Most common form: んち
suffix, expression
's house; 's home  (see also: ; from 〜のうち; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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noun
1. garden; yard; courtyard
2. field (of action); area
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0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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1. important; valuable; serious matter
2. safe (Tochigi dialect); OK  (see also: だいじょうぶ; this meaning is restricted to reading だいじ)
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
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prefix
big; large  (see also: )
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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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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Most common form: ことにする
1. to decide to  (often written with kana only)
2. to pretend that  (after the past tense form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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1. to decide (on something)
2. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick someone's pocket  (see also: 掏摸; often written with kana only)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: 擦る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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Most common form: 刷る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. man; male  (see also: )
noun
2. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
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Most common form: 男の子
noun
man; boy  (see also: 女の子; archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix), counter
son
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Most common form:
noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. male; man  (see also: )
noun
2. husband  (archaic)
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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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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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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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2
noun
hoop; binding (e.g. of a barrel)
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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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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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4
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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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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Most common form:
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, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. shh! (used to silence someone); sh!  (see also: しっ)
2. shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.)  (see also: しっ)
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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noun
poem; verse of poetry
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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noun
1. stomach
2. Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 胃宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
well
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noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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greatness
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Most common form:
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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noun
(social) position; status
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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noun
1. ground; land; earth; soil  (abbreviation)
2. the region in question; the local area
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noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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Most common form: くらい
adverb, suffix
1. throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat  (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat")
2. government position; court rank  (see also: 位階)
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1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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expression
1. about; concerning; regarding  (see also: につきまして; often written with kana only)
2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every  (often written with kana only)
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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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1. just (now)
2. quite (near)
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noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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conjunction
1. indicates two contrasting actions  (see also: 浮きつ沈みつ, 追いつ追われつ; form: ...つ...つ)
particle
2. indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)  (archaic)
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1
expression
about; concerning; as to; regarding  (often written with kana only)
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手; colloquialism)
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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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noun
number; amount
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prefix
1. several; a number of
noun, noun (suffix)
2. quantity; amount
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often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly  (see also: 度々; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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noun
several months
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months (period of)
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1. counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi  (see also: ; read as "ka")
2. counter for articles  (see also: ; read as "ko")
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2
noun
1. moon
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. month
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1
noun
Monday  (see also: 月曜; abbreviation)
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noun (suffix)
month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)
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suffix
after  (see also: 午後)
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Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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1. later; afterwards; since  (often written with kana only)
2. future  (often written with kana only)
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later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while  (see also: , 末に; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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noun
character; personality; disposition; nature
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1
noun
1. nature (of a person)
2. sex
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noun
1. one's nature; one's destiny
2. custom; tradition; habit
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. nature (of a person or thing)
2. that which does not change according to external influences  (Buddhist term)
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0 2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. status; position; rank
noun
2. method; way; style
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noun
amendment (of the ritsuryo)  (see also: 律令; archaic)
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1. strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
2. unexpected
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particle
1. indicates emotion or admiration  (at sentence end; female term or language)
2. indicates emphasis  (at sentence end; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. boo! (sound used to scare someone)  (see also: わあ)
2. ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. wow! (surprise); oh! (startled); eek!; gee!  (see also: わっと)
2. yeah! (joy); alright!; hurray!
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noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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counter
counter for birds and rabbits
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Most common form:
noun
1. sum  (mathematics)
2. harmony; peace
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0
Most common form:
counter
counter for bundles
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particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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noun, noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
stripe; bar; streak  (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
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2
interjection (kandoushi)
damn it!; damn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!  (see also: 仕舞う; often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. island
2. territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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Most common form:
noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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