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130 partial word matches found in search '彼女は声を聞いてもらうためにこの選挙で長い列をつくった他の何百万人と同様なのですが、一つ違います、アン・ニクソン・クーパーさんは106歳なのです。'
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pronoun
1. she; her
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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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noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: ; 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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noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. female; woman  (see also: )
noun
2. wife  (archaic)
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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
voice
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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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auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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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
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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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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1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. merit; strong point  (see also: )
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prefix, suffix
long
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noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. the greatest of all; the most excellent
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noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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noun
1. office; official  (usu. 官,司,寮; archaic)
2. chief; head  (usu. 首,長)
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noun
queue; line; row; column; sequence; string; train
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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted  (often written with kana only)
2. to catch fire  (see also: 火がつく, 付く; often written with kana only)
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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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Most common form: 付く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
2. to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to arrive at; to reach
2. to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)  (see also: 席に着く)
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Most common form: 突く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to prick; to stab
2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
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1. to ascend (the throne); to accede  (see also: 付く)
2. to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to breathe out; to breathe  (often written with kana only)
2. to tell (a lie); to use (foul language)  (often written with kana only)
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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1. other (place, thing, person); the rest
2. outside; beyond  (esp. 外; often written with kana only)
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1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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noun
hundreds
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noun
millions
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numeric
100; hundred  (陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents)
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noun
1. 1,000,000; one million; million
2. many
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noun
1,000,000 people; one million people
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numeric
1. 10,000; ten thousand  (萬 is sometimes used in legal documents)
2. myriad
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noun
1. all people; everybody
2. ten thousand people
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adverb, prefix
many; all
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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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suffix
1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field)
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1. counter for people
noun
2. person  (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)
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suffix
person
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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noun
way
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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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identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity
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Most common form: どう
prefix
the same; the said; ibid.
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noun
1. mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight  (derogatory; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. -ways; -wards  (indicates direction)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: お粗末さまでした; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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suffix
Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language; children's language; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: よう
noun (suffix), noun
1. appearing ...; looking ...  (see also: 様だ; usu. after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. way to ...; method of ...ing  (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Most common form: ような
like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ためし
noun
precedent; example
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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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expression, particle
because; as; since  (see also: ので)
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expression
1. used to make an assertion  (at sentence-end with falling intonation; female term or language; colloquialism)
2. used to ask a question  (at sentence-end with rising intonation; female term or language; colloquialism)
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Most common form: なんです
auxiliary
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...  (see also: のです; polite (teineigo) language)
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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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particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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expression
be; is  (see also: , であります; polite copula; polite (teineigo) language)
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conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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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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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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most  (archaic)
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2
Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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noun, noun (suffix)
difference; discrepancy
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Yodan verb with `su' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to be  (honorific; archaic)
2. to go; to come  (honorific; archaic)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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Most common form: 居間
noun
living room (Western style)
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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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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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'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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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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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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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
4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. bullshit; shit; damn  (colloquialism; this meaning is restricted to reading くそ, くっそ)
noun
2. feces; excrement; dung  (especially reading ふん; colloquialism)
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noun
soh; so; 5th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
loss; disadvantage
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noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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noun
1. pas (dancing step)  (originally from French)
2. Pakistan  (see also: パキスタン; abbreviation)
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noun
1. par
2. paper (in rock, paper, scissors game)  (see also: ぱあ, じゃん拳)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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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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Most common form:
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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1
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numeric
ten  (拾 is used in legal documents)
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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Most common form:
counter
counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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