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116 partial word matches found in search '彼に聞きなさいと言っているのだが、彼はどうしても聞こうとしない。'
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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Most common form: あれ
noun
1. that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly)  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 其れ; often written with kana only)
2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
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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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noun
1. hearing; audible sound
2. rumour; rumor; hearsay; reputation
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き
き 0
Most common form: 気
noun
1. spirit; mind; heart  (see also: 気を逸らす)
2. nature; disposition  (see also: 気が小さい)
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き
き 1
Most common form: 黄
yellow
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き
き 1
Most common form: 記
noun, noun (suffix)
1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record  (also written 紀)
noun
2. Records of Ancient Matters  (see also: 古事記; abbreviation)
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き
き 1
Most common form: 期
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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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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expression
do ...  (see also: 為さる; imperative form often used after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
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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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さ
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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noun, noun (suffix)
debt; loan
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さ い 1
Most common form: 歳
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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さ い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
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さ
Most common form: 差
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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さ い 1
noun
difference; disparity; gap
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Most common form: 再
prefix
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
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Most common form: サイ
noun
rhinoceros
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Most common form: 最
1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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greatly; really
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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 と 1
Most common form: 糸
noun, noun (suffix)
thread; yarn; string
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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 と 1
intention; aim; design
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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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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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げ ん 2
noun
word; remark; statement
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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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ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
indicates continuing action or state (e.g. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (from ..て or で plus いる; colloquialism)
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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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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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い る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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い る 1
Most common form: 煎る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
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い る 1
Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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い る 1
Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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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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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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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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だ が 1
Most common form: ですが
conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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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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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 ど う 0
Most common form: 波動
1. wave motion; undulation; surge
2. wave  (physics terminology)
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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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ど う し て 1
adverb, interjection (kandoushi)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for  (see also: どうやって; often written with kana only)
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ど う 2
how; in what way; how about  (see also: 斯う, 然う, ああ; often written with kana only)
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ど う し て も 4 ど う し て も 1
by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely  (often written with kana only)
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ど
but (archaic)
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interjection (kandoushi)
whoa (command used to stop a horse, etc.)  (see also: どうどう)
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Most common form: 動
noun
motion; change; confusion
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ど う 1
Most common form: 胴
noun
1. trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
2. plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
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Most common form: 同士
noun, noun (suffix)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
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ど う し 0
verb  (linguistics terminology)
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prefix
the same; the said; ibid.
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ど
Most common form: ド
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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ど
ど 0
Most common form: 度
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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ど う し 1
Most common form: 同志
noun
1. like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment
2. comrade; fellow; kindred soul  (see also: 同士)
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noun
same city
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ど う 1 ど う 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. temple; shrine; chapel
2. hall
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Most common form: ド
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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ど う し 1
noun
the said person; he; she; same person
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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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noun
second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December)
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う し 1
Most common form: 牛
noun
1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
2. beef  (see also: 牛肉; usu. ぎゅう)
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し て 0 し て 2
noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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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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て も 1
particle
1. even if; even though  (also でも, っても)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. wow  (see also: さても; abbreviation)
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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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1. in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such  (see also: 然う, ああ, 如何; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)  (often written with kana only)
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こ う 1
manuscript; version; draft
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こ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
marquis; lord; daimyo
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こ う 1
noun
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
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こ
Most common form: 子
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔)
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こ
こ 1
Most common form: 個
counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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こ う 1
Most common form: 甲
noun
1. carapace; shell
2. 1st in rank; grade A
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こ
Most common form: っこ
suffix
1. doing; in such a state  (see also: 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ; abbreviation)
2. doing together; contest; match  (see also: 睨めっこ)
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こ
こ 1
Most common form: 弧
noun
arc
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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 な 1
noun
China  (see also: 中国; often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji; sensitive; often written with kana only)
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suffix
having just started...  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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し な い 1
(within a) city; local  (opposite: 市外)
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し な 0
Most common form: 品
noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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し な い 3
Most common form: 竹刀
noun
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick  (martial arts term)
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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auxiliary adjective
1. not  (verb-negating suffix, may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
2. emphatic suffix  (see also: 忙しない; after the root of an adjective)
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: 外)
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