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100 partial word matches found in search '少数の作家と少数の主題についての完全な知識のほうが、多数の作家と主題についての表面的な知識よりも価値がある。'
し ょ う す う 3
minority; few
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prefix
small; little; few
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か ず 1
noun
number; amount
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す う 1 す う 0
prefix
1. several; a number of
noun, noun (suffix)
2. quantity; amount
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often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly  (see also: 度々; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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さ っ か 0
noun
author; writer; novelist; artist
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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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い え 2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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suffix
-ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er  (see also: 政治家)
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Most common form: うち
1. house; home (one's own)  (often written with kana only)
2. (one's) family; (one's) household  (see also: 内; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 屋
suffix
1. (something) shop  (see also: パン屋; usu. 屋)
2. somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)  (see also: 殺し屋; usu. 屋, can be derog.)
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Most common form: んち
suffix, expression
's house; 's home  (see also: 家; from 〜のうち; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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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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し ゅ だ い 0
noun
subject; theme; motif  (linguistics terminology)
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あ る じ 1
Most common form: 主人
noun
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)  (abbreviation)
2. entertaining someone as one's guest  (see also: 饗設け; also written as 饗; archaic)
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お も 1
1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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ぬ し 1
noun
1. head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
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1. (one's) master
2. Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)  (this meaning is restricted to reading しゅ)
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pronoun
you  (see also: 主; archaic; familiar language)
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し ゅ じ ん 1
Most common form: 主人
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady  (see also: ご主人)
2. one's husband
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す 0
suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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だ い 1
Most common form: だい
noun
1. title; subject; theme; topic
2. problem (on a test); question
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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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expression
1. about; concerning; regarding  (see also: につきまして; often written with kana only)
2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every  (often written with kana only)
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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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つ
counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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1. just (now)
2. quite (near)
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つ い 0
noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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つ
つ 0
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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つ い て 1
expression
about; concerning; as to; regarding  (often written with kana only)
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い
particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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い
い 0
Most common form: 胃
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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い
Most common form: 井
noun
well
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い
い 1
Most common form: 医
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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い
Most common form: 偉
greatness
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い
Most common form: 位
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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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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か ん ぜ ん 0
perfection; completeness
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か ん 0
expression
1. The End; Finis  (at the close of a book, film, etc.)
noun (suffix), noun
2. completion; conclusion; end
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noun
1. all; whole; entire; complete; overall
prefix
2. pan-; omni-; toti-
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な
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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な
な 0
Most common form: 名
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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な
な 1
Most common form: 菜
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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ち し き 1
noun
knowledge; information
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ち 1
noun
1. wisdom
2. jnana (higher knowledge)  (Buddhist term)
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し き 2
noun
1. acquaintanceship
2. vijnana; consciousness  (Buddhist term)
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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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ほ う 1
Most common form: 方
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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ほ う 1
Most common form: 砲
noun, noun (suffix)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 帆
noun
sail
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 歩
noun
1. step; stride
counter
2. counter for steps
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ほ う 0 ほ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
information; news; report
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 穗
noun
1. ear (of plant); head (of plant)
2. point; tip
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ほ
Most common form: 舗
noun
1. shop; store
2. counter for folded maps, etc.  (see also: 畳物)
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ほ う が 0
noun
1. Japanese film  (see also: 洋画)
2. Japanese painting
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ほ う が 1
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
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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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が
particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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が
noun
moth
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た す う 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. great number
2. countless; majority
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た 1
noun, prefix
multi-
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ひ ょ う め ん 3
1. surface; face
2. outside; exterior
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お も て 3
noun
1. surface  (opposite: 裏)
2. face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
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ひ ょ う 0
noun, noun (suffix)
table (e.g. Table 1); chart; list
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ひ ょ う め ん て き 0
on the surface
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め ん 0 め ん 1
noun
1. face
2. mask; face guard
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つ ら 2
noun
1. face; mug  (see also: 顔; often derog. or vulg.)
2. surface
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お も て 3
noun
1. face
2. surface
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noun (suffix)
looking like a ...; acting as if a ....
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whole area; entire region
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-like; typical
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ま と 0
noun
mark; target
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specific
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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よ
よ 1
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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expression
1. in comparison to  (see also: より; emphatic form of より)
2. rather than
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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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も
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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も
も 0
Most common form: 藻
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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か ち 1
noun
value; worth; merit
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か 0
noun (suffix), counter
valence; valency  (see also: 原子価, イオン価; chemistry term)
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あ た い 0
Most common form: 直
1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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あ た い 0
Most common form: 直
(same as above)
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ち 0
suffix
level; value
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あ る 1
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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あ
あ 1
Most common form: ア
interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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