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84 partial word matches found in search '天の川は、遠方の星が巨大な帯状に見えるものであって、その1つ1つは、われわれの知る太陽に似たものである。'
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noun
1. sky
2. heaven  (this meaning is restricted to reading てん)
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noun
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy  (astronomy, etc. term)
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noun or verb acting prenominally
heavenly; celestial; divine
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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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Most common form: かわ
noun
1. river; stream  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわ)
suffix
2. the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)  (usually read がわ)
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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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long way; distant place
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Most common form: とお
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noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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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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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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noun
1. star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
2. offender; perpetrator  (esp. ホシ; slang)
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noun
1. Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 星宿, 二十八宿, 朱雀; astronomy, etc. term)
noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2. Singapore
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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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huge; gigantic; enormous
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enormous
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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prefix
big; large  (see also: )
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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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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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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noun
1. obi; kimono sash
2. paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.  (see also: 帯紙, 帯広告・おびこうこく; this meaning is restricted to reading おび)
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noun (suffix)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
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belt-shaped
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. shape; state  (see also: 帯状)
2. letter; correspondence  (see also: 招待状)
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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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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 (suffix), noun
looking; viewing
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noun
view (of life, etc.); outlook
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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 reason or excuse  (used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね)
2. indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged  (at sentence-end; female term or language)
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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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particle, conjunction
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason  (see also: ので)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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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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auxiliary
to be  (see also: である; abbreviation; archaic)
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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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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the  (see also: 何の, 此の, 其れ, 彼の; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. um...; er...; uh...
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation  (see also: りんご園; えん usually when a suffix)
2. place; location  (see also: 学びの園)
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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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. indicates emotion or admiration  (at sentence end; female term or language)
2. indicates emphasis  (at sentence end; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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0
Most common form: 我我
we
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1
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noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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counter
counter for birds and rabbits
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noun
1. sum  (mathematics)
2. harmony; peace
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1. I; me
2. oneself  (this meaning is restricted to reading われ, わ)
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counter
counter for bundles
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
2. to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
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noun
1. wisdom
2. jnana (higher knowledge)  (Buddhist term)
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noun
sun; solar
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2
noun (prefix), noun
1. fat; fatty
noun (prefix)
2. grand; magnificent; excellent
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1
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: )
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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1
visibly; openly; publicly  (opposite: 陰に)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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suffix
takes after (either of one's parents)
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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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Most common form: タモ
noun
Japanese ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)  (see also: ヤチダモ)
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expression
is something that; is that which
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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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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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a certain ...; some ...; one ...  (often written with kana only)
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