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1 exact word match found in search '始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし'
expression
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare  (from Sun Tzu's Art of War; proverb)
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55 partial word matches found in search '始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし'
は じ め 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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Most common form: 初めは
expression
at first; in the beginning; originally
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め
Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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め
め 1
Most common form: 目
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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め
め 1
Most common form: 芽
noun
sprout
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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 ょ じ ょ 1
virgin; maiden
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と こ ろ 3 と こ ろ 0
Most common form: 所
noun, suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site  (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
2. address  (often written with kana only)
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お ん な 1 お ん な 0
noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: 男; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. woman; girl; daughter
2. Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 玄武; astronomy, etc. term)
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め 1
Most common form: 雌
noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. female; woman  (see also: 雄)
noun
2. wife  (archaic)
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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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ご と 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
each; every  (see also: ごとに; often written with kana only)
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like; as if; the same as  (see also: 如し; often written with kana only)
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suffix
including...; with ...; inclusive of; ...and all  (often written with kana only)
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ご
ご 1
Most common form: ５
numeric
five  (伍 is used in legal documents)
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ご
Most common form: 御
prefix
1. honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: 御; usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. honorific suffix  (after a noun indicating a person; honorific)
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ご
ご 1 ご 0
Most common form: 語
noun, noun (suffix)
1. language
2. word
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ご
ご 1
Most common form: 棋
noun
go (board game of capturing territory)
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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auxiliary verb, 'ku' godan verb
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done  (contraction of ..て or で plus 置く)
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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 く 1
Most common form: 溶く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
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と く 1
Most common form: 解く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
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と く 0
Most common form: 得
1. profit; advantage; benefit; gain  (also written as 徳)
2. rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana  (Buddhist term)
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と く 1
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
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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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く
く 1 く 0
Most common form: ９
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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く
く 1
Most common form: 区
noun
ward; district; section
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く
く 1
Most common form: 句
noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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suffix
after  (see also: 午後)
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あ と 1
Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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の ち 2 の ち 0
1. later; afterwards; since  (often written with kana only)
2. future  (often written with kana only)
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し り 2
Most common form: 尻
noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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prefix
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.)
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だ っ と 1
1. dashing away; bounding away; (with) lightning speed
2. startled hare
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う さ ぎ 0
Most common form: うさぎ
noun
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 若し
auxiliary verb
like; as if; the same as  (see also: 如き)
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と し 2
Most common form: 年
noun
1. year
2. age; years
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と し 1
Most common form: 都市
town; city; municipal; urban
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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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