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91 partial word matches found in search '久しぶりに会ったんだから、酒でも飲みながら、昔話にでも花を咲かせるとするか。'
ひ さ し ぶ り 0 ひ さ し ぶ り 5
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
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after a long time; for the first time in a while
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し ぶ 1
Most common form: 支部
branch; subdivision
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し ぶ 2
Most common form: 渋
noun
astringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons)
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し ぶ 1
Most common form: 市部
noun
urban areas
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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ぶ り 1
suffix
1. style; manner  (often written with kana only)
2. after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)  (see also: 久しぶり; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ブリ
noun
Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)  (often written with kana only)
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ぶ
ぶ 0
Most common form: 部
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department (in an organization); division; bureau  (higher than a 課)
2. club
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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
noun
1. Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)  (see also: 郷里制, 国郡里制)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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え 1
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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か い 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. meeting; assembly; party
2. association; club
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た ん 1
suffix
(cute) suffix for familiar person  (see also: ちゃん; manga slang; familiar language; female term or language)
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た
auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: だ)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 他
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 多
noun, prefix
multi-
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Most common form: 痰
noun
phlegm; sputum  (medicine, etc. term; often written with kana only)
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ん
Most common form: の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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ん
Most common form: ン
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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だ か ら 1
conjunction
so; therefore  (see also: ですから)
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
2. from (originator); by
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か
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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か
か 0
Most common form: 蚊
noun
mosquito
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か
か 1
Most common form: 可
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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か
か 1
Most common form: 課
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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か ら 2
emptiness; vacuum; blank
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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か ら 2
Most common form: 殻
noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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か
Most common form: 科
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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か
Most common form: 架
noun
rack; mount; stand
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ら
Most common form: 等
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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さ け 1
noun
alcohol; sake  (see also: お酒)
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で も 1
conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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で
particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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で
で 0 で 1
Most common form: 出
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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も
particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as ＡもＢも)
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も
も 0
Most common form: 藻
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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の み 2
noun
1. drink; drinking  (abbreviation)
2. spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
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noun
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
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み
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives)  (see also: 甘み; also written with the ateji 味)
2. nominalizing suffix indicating location  (see also: 深み)
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み
み 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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み な 2
Most common form: みんな
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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み
み 0
Most common form: 身
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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み
Most common form: 子
noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
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み
Most common form: 巳
noun
sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)
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な
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. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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な
な 0
Most common form: 名
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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な
な 1
Most common form: 菜
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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が
particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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が
noun
moth
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が ら 1
Most common form: 柄
noun, noun (suffix)
1. pattern; design
noun
2. body build; figure; physique
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む か し 0
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago; ~ ago
noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade  (see also: ふた昔; used as a unit of time)
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む か し ば な し 4
noun
1. old tale; folk tale; legend
2. reminiscence
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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は な 2
noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
2. cherry blossom
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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Most common form: させる
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. auxiliary verb indicating the causative  (せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段, follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs, senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す)
2. auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something  (usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc.; humble)
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せ
so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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せ る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to compete
2. to bid
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せ
せ 0
Most common form: 背
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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1. to try to ...; to be about to do ...  (after the volitional form of verb)
2. to decide to ...  (after the dictionary form of verb)
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と
と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
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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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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す
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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す
す 1
Most common form: 酢
noun
vinegar
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す
す 1 す 0
Most common form: 巣
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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す る 1
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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す
す 1
Most common form: 素
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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