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1 exact word match found in search '御用始め'
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Most common form: ご用始め
noun
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4)  (see also: 御用納め)
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11 partial word matches found in search '御用始め'
prefix
1. honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; 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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noun
1. your order; your business; official business
2. arrest; apprehension; capture
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prefix
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine  (honorific)
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prefix, suffix
1. honorific affix  (affixed to a word related to the emperor; honorific)
prefix
2. honorific prefix  (honorific)
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prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
prefix
1. august  (honorific)
2. beautiful
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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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: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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Most common form:
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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noun
sprout
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