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47 partial word matches found in search '天井を眺めているくらいなら、小説でも読んだほうがよい。'
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noun
1. sky
2. heaven  (this meaning is restricted to reading てん)
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noun
ceiling; ceiling price
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noun
well
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noun
1. well curb  (see also: 井桁; obscure term)
2. Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 朱雀; astronomy, etc. term)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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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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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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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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novel; (short) story
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. smallness; small item
2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)  (see also: 小の月)
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prefix
1. small; little; slight  (see also: 小皿)
2. slightly less than; just about  (see also: 小半日, )
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prefix
narrow; thin
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prefix
small; little  (see also: さざ波)
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prefix
1. small; narrow  (see also: 小川)
2. familiar prefix  (see also: 小野)
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suffix
small; little; dear (figurative sense)  (regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
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Most common form: せつ
noun, noun (suffix)
1. theory; doctrine
noun
2. opinion; view
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conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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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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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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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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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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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 (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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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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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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interjection (kandoushi)
1. oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.
expression
2. hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Most common form: ほうがいい
expression, 'i' adjective
(after past tense verb) had better (verb); (after negative verb) had better not (verb)  (see also: した方がいい)
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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, noun (suffix)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
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noun
sail
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noun
1. step; stride
counter
2. counter for steps
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noun, noun (suffix)
information; news; report
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noun
1. ear (of plant); head (of plant)
2. point; tip
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noun
1. shop; store
2. counter for folded maps, etc.  (see also: 畳物)
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noun
1. Japanese film  (see also: 洋画)
2. Japanese painting
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germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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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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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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noun
1. drunkenness; intoxication  (see also: 酔う)
2. motion sickness; travel sickness  (see also: 酔う)
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Most common form: 良い
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
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