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66 partial word matches found in search '光の波は空中で最も速く進み、水中ではそれより遅く、ガラスの中ではもっと遅く進む。'
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noun
light
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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
wave
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noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
Poland  (abbreviation)
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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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Most common form: から
emptiness; vacuum; blank
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noun
sky; air
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noun
1. sky; the air; the heavens
2. weather
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noun
1. empty air; sky
2. shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon)  (Buddhist term)
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noun
hollow; cavity; hole
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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, prefix, suffix
1. medium; average; middle  (see also: )
noun
2. moderation
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expression, adverb
among; while
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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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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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most; extremely
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1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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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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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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suffix, counter
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
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Most common form: 早く
1. early; soon
2. quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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noun
progress
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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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numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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noun
1. body
2. oneself
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noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
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noun
sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent, 9am-11am, south-southeast, April)
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noun
1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)  (see also: ; み is generally used in compounds)
2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
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underwater
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noun
1. Wednesday  (see also: 水曜日; abbreviation)
2. shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)  (see also: 氷水)
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conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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interjection (kandoushi)
there! (used to call someone's attention to something)
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conjunction
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more ... than that; but; however
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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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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noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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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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noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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late
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noun
1. glass; pane  (often written with kana only; originally from Dutch 'glas')
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. vitreous  (see also: 硝子体)
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noun
gala  (originally from French)
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noun
1. lath
2. lass
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noun
la; 6th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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(some) more; even more; longer; further
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particle
casual sentence-ending particle indicating that the speaker is trying to reinforce a statement
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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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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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to advance; to go forward
2. to precede; to go ahead (of)
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Most common form: 荒む
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to grow wild; to run to waste
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. unh (sound of physical exertion); oof  (archaic)
2. wow; whoa
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