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103 partial word matches found in search '大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。'
だ い が く 0
noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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prefix
big; large  (see also: 大)
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: 従; also written as 正)
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お お い 1
prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: 従; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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が く 1 が く 0
suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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で 0 で 1
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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noun
1. coming out; emerging
2. being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
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た て 1
noun
1. the vertical; height
2. front-to-back; length
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prefix
1. central; main; head; chief
suffix
2. just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred  (often written with kana only)
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た
auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: だ)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 他
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 多
noun, prefix
multi-
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て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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の
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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し ん じ ん 0
1. new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit
2. modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
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noun (prefix), noun, noun (suffix)
1. new; neo-
noun
2. Gregorian calendar  (see also: 新暦; abbreviation)
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あ ら 1
Most common form: 更
1. new; unused  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Kansai-ben; this meaning is restricted to reading さら)
prefix
2. new
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ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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じ ん 0
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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1. counter for people
noun
2. person  (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)
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suffix
person
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は
particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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は
は 1
Most common form: 歯
noun
tooth
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は
は 0
Most common form: 葉
noun
leaf
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は
は 1
Most common form: 派
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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は
は 1
Most common form: 刃
noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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は
は 1 は 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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し り ょ う 1
materials; data; document
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noun (suffix), noun
1. fee; charge; rate
2. material
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noun
ornament; adornment; decoration  (archaic)
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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さ く 0 さ く 2 さ く 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. work (e.g. of art); production  (see also: 作品)
noun
2. harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield
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particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")  (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
2. (used adverbially) doing such things as...
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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
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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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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と
と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
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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う ら 2
noun
1. bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side  (opposite: 表)
2. rear; back; behind (the house)
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う ら か た 0
noun
1. someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter  (see also: 表方)
2. lady consort (to a high personage)
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ほ う 1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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か た 2
noun
1. direction; way  (also ほう)
2. person; lady; gentleman  (honorific)
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noun
1. surrounding area  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
2. shore (of the sea)  (this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
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suffix
1. honorific pluralizing suffix (used only for people)
2. around (the time that, etc.); about  (also かた)
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さ ま 2
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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し ご と 0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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し 1
noun
official; civil service
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suffix
1. nominalizing suffix  (see also: 事)
2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...  (see also: 事)
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noun
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)  (see also: 理; Buddhist term)
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こ と 2
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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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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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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す
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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す
す 1
Most common form: 酢
noun
vinegar
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す
す 1 す 0
Most common form: 巣
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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す る 1
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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す
す 1
Most common form: 素
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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Most common form: だろう
expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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ろ う 1
noun
wax
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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か っ て 0
1. one's own convenience; one's way
2. convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use
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し ょ う 1
noun
1. win; victory
2. beautiful scenery; scenic spot
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か っ て に 2
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
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て 1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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そ う ぞ う 0
imagination; guess
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そ う 1
Most common form: そう
noun
1. conception; idea; thought
2. samjna (perception)  (see also: 五蘊; Buddhist term)
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ぞ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. image; figure; statue; picture; portrait
2. figure; form; shape; appearance
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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み ご と 1
Most common form: 美事
1. splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable
noun
2. praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed
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noun (suffix), noun
looking; viewing
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け ん 1
noun
view (of life, etc.); outlook
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せ つ 1
eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute
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ら
Most common form: 等
suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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ま し 0
1. better; less objectionable; preferable  (esp. マシ; often written with kana only)
noun (suffix)
2. more; increase; extra
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ま し 1
auxiliary
1. please  (see also: ます; used to make a polite request or demand; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
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ま
ま 1
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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ま し た 3
right under; directly below
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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
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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し た 1
Most common form: 舌
noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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し た 0
Most common form: 下
noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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