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51 partial word matches found in search '地球はおよそ50億年前に生まれた。'
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the earth; the globe
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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noun
1. ground; land; earth; soil  (abbreviation)
2. the region in question; the local area
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noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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noun
1. sphere  (mathematics)
suffix, counter
2. counter for balls  (baseball term)
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noun
1. ball (for sport, games, etc.)
2. kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan  (see also: 蹴鞠)
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noun
1. ball; sphere; globe; orb
2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
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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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1. about; roughly; approximately  (see also: おおよそ; often written with kana only)
2. generally; on the whole; as a rule  (often written with kana only)
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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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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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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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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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noun
50; fifty
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numeric
five  (伍 is used in legal documents)
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Most common form: 五十
noun
50; fifty
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Most common form: おく
numeric
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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counter, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
years ago
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counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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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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noun
1. birth; birthplace
noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
2. born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
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noun, noun (suffix)
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)  (see also: 芝生)
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noun
boiled and half-dried bonito  (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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rare; seldom  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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