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116 partial word matches found in search '世界中でスポーツの人気が高まっていることは、新聞でのスポーツ・ニュース、スポーツ用品店の多さ、マラソンその他のレースに参加する人の数などによって明らかである。'
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noun
1. the world; society; the universe
2. sphere; circle; world
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noun
world; society; age; generation
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1. counter for generations
noun (suffix)
2. epoch  (geology, etc. term)
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around the world; throughout the world
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noun
1. kingdom  (biology term)
2. erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited)  (geology, etc. term)
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noun
1. border; boundary  (usu. さかい)
2. turning point; watershed  (often ...を境に; this meaning is restricted to reading さかい)
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noun, prefix, suffix
1. medium; average; middle  (see also: )
noun
2. moderation
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noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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suffix
1. through; throughout; in the course of
2. all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
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noun
red dragon tile  (see also: 紅中; mahjong term; abbreviation)
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Most common form: うち
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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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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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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sport; sports
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noun
sport; sports  (see also: スポーツ; abbreviation)
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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 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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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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popularity; popular feeling; business conditions
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suffix
1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field)
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1. counter for people
noun
2. person  (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)
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noun
prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district
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suffix
person
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Most common form: ひと気
noun
1. sign of life; human presence  (often 人気(が,の)ない - deserted)
2. humanity; humaneness
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noun
1. spirit; mind; heart  (see also: 気を逸らす)
2. nature; disposition  (see also: 気が小さい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling
noun (prefix)
2. somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
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suffix
-like nature; -like disposition; -ish temperament
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suffix
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of  (often written with kana only)
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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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suffix
1. high school  (see also: 高等学校; abbreviation)
prefix
2. high-  (see also: 高レベル)
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noun, noun (suffix)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money  (usu. だか when n-suf)
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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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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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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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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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noun
news
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noun
4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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noun
1. new
2. newly purchased item  (often おにゅー)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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noun
articles; supplies; parts
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noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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noun
1. elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity
suffix
2. article; item
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noun
1. court rank
suffix
2. level; grade  (see also: 九品; sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix; Buddhist term)
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noun
store; shop; establishment; restaurant  (orig. an abbr. of 店棚, 見世棚)
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noun (suffix)
-store; -shop  (see also: 土産店)
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noun
1. merchant's home  (see also: 御店)
2. rented home  (see also: 御店)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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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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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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noun
1. marathon; long-distance race
2. malathion  (from Malathon (trademark))
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expression
for real  (see also: マジ; abbreviation; slang)
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noun
la; 6th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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noun
soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
loss; disadvantage
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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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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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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Most common form:
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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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1. other (place, thing, person); the rest
2. outside; beyond  (esp. 外; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
unclassified
2. le; the  (originally from French)
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noun
1. race
2. lace
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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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noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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participation
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noun
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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Most common form:
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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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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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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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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particle
1. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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particle
1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth  (often written with kana only)
2. or something  (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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Most common form:
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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but (archaic)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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Most common form:
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.  (at sentence-end)
2. used when calling out to someone  (after a noun)
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conjunction
therefore; consequently; accordingly; because of  (often written with kana only)
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2
obvious; evident; clear; plain
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noun
Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)
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noun
1. brightness
2. clarity; acumen
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noun
1. vidya (wisdom)  (Buddhist term)
2. mantra  (see also: 真言)
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Most common form:
1. clearly; brightly  (archaic)
2. cleanly; purely
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Most common form:
suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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being ...  (see also: 高らか, 清らか; after an adjective stem, onomatopoeic-mimetic word, etc.)
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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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Most common form:
noun
mosquito
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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Most common form:
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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Most common form:
noun
rack; mount; stand
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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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auxiliary
to be  (see also: である; abbreviation; archaic)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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a certain ...; some ...; one ...  (often written with kana only)
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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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