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93 partial word matches found in search 'フォークが食事用として一般に使われ始めたのは、紀元後10世紀のことであった。'
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noun
1. fork
2. folk; folk song  (this meaning is restricted to reading フォーク)
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1
noun
1. four  (see also: フォア)
2. pho; Vietnamese noodle soup  (originally from vie)
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noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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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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noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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noun
1. meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs  (this meaning is restricted to form 食)
2. eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)  (see also: 星食; astronomy, etc. term)
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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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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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expression
1. as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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1
Most common form: 都市
town; city; municipal; urban
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Most common form:
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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1
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noun
way
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Most common form:
noun
1. to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)  (obsolete term)
2. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (see also: 枡形)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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1
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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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1
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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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Most common form:
noun
official; civil service
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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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1. general; universal
2. ordinary; average; common  (opposite: 特殊)
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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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in general; generally  (see also: 一般)
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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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most  (archaic)
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2
Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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noun
1. messenger
2. police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)  (see also: 検非違使; abbreviation)
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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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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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Most common form:
1. I; me
2. oneself  (this meaning is restricted to reading われ, わ)
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Most common form:
counter
counter for bundles
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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Most common form:
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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noun
sprout
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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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expression
(usu. sentence end) indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc.  (see also: ; abbr of ...ていたの)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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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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Most common form:
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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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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Most common form:
noun
leaf
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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Most common form:
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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noun
1. era
2. CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
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1
noun
1. period  (geology, etc. term; abbreviation)
2. Nihon-shoki  (see also: 日本書紀; abbreviation)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
post-era
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Most common form:
noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (prefix)
former; ex-; past; one-time
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noun
yuan (monetary unit of China)  (see also: ; often written with kana only; originally from Chinese)
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noun
1. unknown (e.g. in an equation)  (mathematics)
2. element (of a set)  (mathematics)
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suffix
after  (see also: 午後)
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1
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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noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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1
Most common form:
numeric
ten  (拾 is used in legal documents)
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2
Most common form:
numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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1 0
noun
world; society; age; generation
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1
noun
century; era
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1. counter for generations
noun (suffix)
2. epoch  (geology, etc. term)
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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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particle
1. particle indicating a command  (particle always used at sentence-end)
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm  (often as ことね; female term or language)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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Most common form:
counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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1
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noun
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2. stringed instrument  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading こと)
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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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1
Most common form:
noun
arc
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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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auxiliary
to be  (see also: である; abbreviation; archaic)
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Most common form:
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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Ah! Oh!
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Most common form:
interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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