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36 partial word matches found in search '塩は食物を腐るのを止めるのに役立つ。'
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Most common form: しお
noun
1. salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt  (esp. しお)
2. salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.)  (esp. えん; chemistry term)
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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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Most common form:
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
1. meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs  (this meaning is restricted to form 食)
2. eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)  (see also: 星食; astronomy, etc. term)
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food; foodstuff
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noun
1. food; foodstuff  (see also: 食物)
2. prey; victim
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noun
1. stock; products
2. stolen goods; loot; spoils  (often written with kana only; slang)
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Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
2. to corrode; to weather; to crumble
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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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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
2. to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
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noun, suffix
1. (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
2. remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
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noun
finishing blow; clincher
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suffix
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)  (see also: 下痢止め)
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Most common form: やめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to form 止める, 已める)
2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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noun
sprout
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Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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particle
1. although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that
2. while
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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, noun (suffix)
1. use; service; role
2. post; position
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'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
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noun
1. war; campaign; battle
2. unpaid work (ritsuryo system); forced labor  (archaic)
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'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand; to rise; to stand up  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
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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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