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120 partial word matches found in search '彼は恥ずかしがりやで、話しかけない限り、話しません。彼には話しかける必要があります。'
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pronoun
1. he; him
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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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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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noun
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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Most common form:
noun (suffix)
1. s (pluralizing suffix); es  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
2. 's (possessive suffix); s'; es'  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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noun
evergreen oak  (often written with kana only)
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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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Most common form: 菓子
pastry; confectionery
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 下肢
noun
the legs; lower extremities
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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Most common form: 貸し
noun
1. loan; lending
2. favor; favour; debt; obligation
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Most common form: 歌詞
noun
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
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Most common form: 可視
visibility
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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Most common form: 仮死
asphyxiation; apparent death
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Most common form: 瑕疵
noun
flaw; defect; blemish  (often written with kana only)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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noun
poem; verse of poetry
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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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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noun
1. sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger
2. mimeograph  (see also: がり版; abbreviation)
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noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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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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noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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particle
1. such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and
2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as  (see also: や否や; after the dictionary form of a verb)
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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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noun
1. arrow
2. wedge; chock
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noun
spoke  (see also: スポーク)
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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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Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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noun
historian
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noun
market price; current price
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Most common form: 仕掛け
noun
1. device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget
2. trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit
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Most common form: 詩歌
Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
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Most common form: 鹿
noun
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
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Most common form: 歯科
noun
dentistry
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betting; gambling; a gamble  (see also: 賭する; 賭けする should be 賭けをする or 賭する(とする))
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Most common form: 掛け
noun
1. credit  (see also: 掛け売り, 掛け買い; abbreviation)
2. money owed on an account; bill
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Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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Most common form:
suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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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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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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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: )
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. limit; limits; bounds
2. degree; extent; scope
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Most common form: 限り
noun
1. end; finish; stop
2. bounds; limits  (see also: 切りがない, 切りのない)
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(same as above)
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noun, noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
stripe; bar; streak  (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
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noun
1. island
2. territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf  (often written with kana only)
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expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense  (see also: ない, ます; polite (teineigo) language)
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Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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Most common form: まし
auxiliary
1. please  (see also: ます; used to make a polite request or demand; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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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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Most common form:
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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Most common form:
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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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)
2. to begin to talk; to start a conversation
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Most common form: 仕掛ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence
2. to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag)  (see also: 壁にかける; often written with kana only)
2. to sit  (see also: 腰を掛ける; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 駆ける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run (race, esp. horse); to dash
2. to gallop (one's horse); to canter
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be chipped; to be damaged; to be broken
2. to be lacking; to be missing
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
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Most common form: 蹴る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to kick  (orig. ichidan verb)
2. to refuse; to reject
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1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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noun
definiteness; certainty  (archaic)
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noun
1. pivot
2. vital point; cornerstone; keystone
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noun
1. cornerstone; main point; keystone
2. requirement; need
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noun
ant  (often written with kana only)
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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. existing (at the present moment)  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. alright; acceptable; passable  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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auxiliary verb
1. used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)  (see also: ませ; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to indicate respect for those affected by the action  (archaic; humble)
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noun
trout; sea trout  (often written with kana only)
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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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