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67 partial word matches found in search '兵士たちは夜明け前にその丘のふもとに着いた。'
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noun
soldier
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noun
1. (common) soldier; rank and file
2. army; troops
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noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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noun
1. warrior; soldier  (often written with kana only)
2. courageous person; strong person  (see also: 強者; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. man (esp. one who is well-respected)
2. samurai  (see also: )
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noun
1. warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
2. man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer  (archaic)
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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (often written with kana only)
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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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noun
long sword
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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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noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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noun
blood; consanguinity
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; night
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noun
dawn; daybreak
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counter for nights  (after numbers in the ichi, ni, san counting system)
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Most common form: 夜明け
noun
dawn; daybreak
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noun
Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. dawn; daybreak  (opposite: 暮れ)
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2. end; soon after something has ended
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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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1. clearly; brightly  (archaic)
2. cleanly; purely
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Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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noun (prefix)
1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
2. pre- (e.g. "premodern")  (before the name of an era)
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ahead; before; ago
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noun, 'no' adjective, noun (suffix), prefix
1. previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
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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. 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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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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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. hill; height; knoll; rising ground  (this meaning is restricted to form 丘, 岡, 壟)
2. bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game  (mahjong term; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to form 丘, 陸符)
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Most common form: 高処
noun
mound; hill  (archaic)
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noun
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score
2. genealogy; family tree
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negative; minus  (see also: )
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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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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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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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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. counter for suits of clothing
suffix
2. arriving at ...  (see also: 到着)
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noun (suffix)
clothes; outfit; uniform
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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. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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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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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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