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119 partial word matches found in search '呼吸をする以外、なにをするにも、事前に妻の許可を必要とする人は女房の尻にしかれている夫だ。'
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1. breathing; respiration
noun
2. knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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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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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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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
with the exception of; excepting
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noun
1. outside; exterior
2. open air
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suffix
outside of; not covered by  (opposite: )
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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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1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts  (see also: 他所; often written with kana only)
noun
2. outside (one's family or group); those people  (often written with kana only; opposite: )
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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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1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter)
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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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Most common form: 何をするにも
expression
whatever / anything / everything (one does)
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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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expression
1. also; too; not ... either; as well; even
2. (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise  (after the volitional or dictionary form of verb)
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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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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante  (see also: 事後)
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suffix
1. nominalizing suffix  (see also: )
2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...  (see also: )
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noun
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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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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noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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noun
one's wife  (see also: )
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noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. female; woman  (see also: )
noun
2. wife  (archaic)
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noun
1. edge; tip; end
2. gable wall  (see also: 妻壁)
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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. permission; approval; authorization; license
2. to permit; to authorize
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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Most common form: ばかり
particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than  (often written with kana only)
2. approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 許し
particle
1. approximately; about  (see also: 許り; often written with kana only; colloquialism)
2. only; nothing but  (see also: 許り)
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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noun
definiteness; certainty  (archaic)
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expression, transitive verb, irregular verb 'suru'
to need; to call for; to require
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noun
1. pivot
2. vital point; cornerstone; keystone
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noun
1. cornerstone; main point; keystone
2. requirement; need
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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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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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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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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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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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suffix
person
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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, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: ; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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noun
1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
2. court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace  (this meaning is restricted to reading にょうぼう, にゅうぼう)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. woman; girl; daughter
2. Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 玄武; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. female; woman  (see also: )
noun
2. wife  (archaic)
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noun
1. tuft; tassel
noun, counter
2. bunch (of grapes, etc.)
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noun
1. chamber; room
2. home of a monk; monk  (see also: )
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noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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Most common form: ケツ
noun
1. rump; ass; arse; buttocks  (colloquialism)
2. rear; end  (colloquialism)
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Most common form: 西
noun
west
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Most common form: 二死
noun
two out; two down (and one to go)  (baseball term)
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
historian
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noun
market price; current price
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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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Most common form: 詩歌
Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
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Most common form: 鹿
noun
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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Most common form: 歯科
noun
dentistry
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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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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pronoun
1. he; him
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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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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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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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'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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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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Most common form:
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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noun
husband  (see also: 良人)
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Most common form:
noun
1. that  (archaic)
2. he; she; that person  (archaic)
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noun
1. wife
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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Most common form:
noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. male; man  (see also: )
noun
2. husband  (archaic)
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copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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