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97 partial word matches found in search '北アメリカでは、ビジネスは「お客様はいつも正しい」という考えのもとに成り立っている。'
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Most common form: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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noun
1. north wind tile  (mahjong term)
2. winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles  (mahjong term)
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Most common form: きたアメリカ
noun
North America
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noun
1. America  (often written with kana only)
2. United States of America  (often written with kana only)
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prefix
American  (see also: アメリカ; slang)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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Most common form: メリー
noun or verb acting prenominally
merry
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counter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
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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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conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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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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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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noun
business
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suffix
-ness
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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noun
1. guest; visitor
2. customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
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Most common form: 客人
noun
1. visitor from afar  (see also: まろうど)
2. joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
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Most common form: 客人
noun
visitor from afar; guest
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noun
1. mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight  (derogatory; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. -ways; -wards  (indicates direction)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: お粗末さまでした; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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suffix
Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language; children's language; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: よう
noun (suffix), noun
1. appearing ...; looking ...  (see also: 様だ; usu. after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. way to ...; method of ...ing  (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Most common form: ためし
noun
precedent; example
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noun
ash; ashes
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; that is correct  (polite (teineigo) language)
2. understood; I see; OK; okay
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noun
lung
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adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), pronoun
when; how soon  (often written with kana only)
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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. 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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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
1. indicates two contrasting actions  (see also: 浮きつ沈みつ, 追いつ追われつ; form: ...つ...つ)
particle
2. indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)  (archaic)
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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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1. right; correct
2. proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
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Most common form: せい
1. (logical) true; regular
numeric
2. 10^40; ten thousand undecillion
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exact; precise  (see also: 正に; archaic)
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: )
2. director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief  (see also: 長官; this meaning is restricted to reading しょう)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. shh! (used to silence someone); sh!  (see also: しっ)
2. shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.)  (see also: しっ)
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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expression
1. called; named  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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noun
question; query
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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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Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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noun
1. thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
2. idea; notion; imagination
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noun
1. thought
noun (suffix)
2. report on one's investigation into ...
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Most common form: えぇ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. eh?; what?; oh?
2. yes; that's correct  (see also: はい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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noun
inlet; bay
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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. 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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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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noun
being promoted  (see also: 成る; shogi term)
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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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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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ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
indicates continuing action or state (e.g. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (from ..て or で plus いる; colloquialism)
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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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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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Most common form: 煎る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
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Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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