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127 partial word matches found in search '必ずしも成長段階の子供たちを、あまり細かい神経をつかって扱うべきでない。'
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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
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4
not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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noun
definiteness; certainty  (archaic)
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auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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illustration; showing in graphic form or by diagram
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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, 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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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
frost
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noun
official; civil service
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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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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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growth; grow to adulthood
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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
grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation
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noun
1. step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)
noun, counter
2. grade; rank; level
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noun
1. stairs  (see also: 階段; はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden)
2. stairs at the front of a noh stage  (this meaning is restricted to reading きざはし)
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noun
1. variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
2. 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
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Most common form: かい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. storey; story; floor
noun
2. stairs  (see also: )
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noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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Most common form: 段階
noun
1. stairs  (see also: 階段; はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden)
2. stairs at the front of a noh stage  (this meaning is restricted to reading きざはし)
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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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noun
child; children
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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noun
1. child (esp. a boy)
2. viscount  (see also: 子爵)
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noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
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noun
children
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suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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noun
first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
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noun
1. child  (obscure term)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. interest  (obscure term)
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Most common form: とも
companion; follower; attendant; retinue  (see also: お供)
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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (often written with kana only)
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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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noun
long sword
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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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noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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noun
blood; consanguinity
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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'na' adjective, adverb, 'no' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant  (often written with kana only)
2. not very (with negative sentence); not much  (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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noun
1. nun  (colloquialism)
2. bitch  (derogatory)
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Most common form: 海女
noun
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)  (see also: 海人)
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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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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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2. fine; minute
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small; fine; detailed; stingy
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noun
detail; details  (see also: 微に入り細を穿つ)
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noun
1. fine thread; hempen cord  (see also: 細引き, 細糸; abbreviation)
noun (prefix)
2. slender; narrow; weak
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prefix
small; little  (see also: さざ波)
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prefix
small; little  (いさら usu. refers to water; often written with kana only; archaic)
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Most common form: 細れ
prefix
1. small; little; fine  (often written with kana only)
noun
2. fine pattern  (see also: 細形; archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ささら)
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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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particle
marks yes-no question  (familiar language)
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noun
paddle; oar; scull
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counter
1. counter for occurrences
noun
2. a time; an instance
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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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noun
shell; shellfish
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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low rank; subordinate; lower order (e.g. byte); low-end
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Most common form: 甲斐
noun
effect; result; worth; use; avail  (see also: 甲斐)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. meeting; assembly; party
2. association; club
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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: 買い
noun
1. buying; shopping
2. buyer
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noun
mystery; wonder
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. storey; story; floor
noun
2. stairs  (see also: )
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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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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1. nerve  (anatomical term)
2. nerves; sensitivity
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noun
1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
noun, noun (prefix)
2. incredible; fantastic  (also written ネ申; slang)
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noun
soul; spirit; divine spirit  (archaic)
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noun
1. spirit; psyche
2. god; deity; divinity; kami  (see also: )
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Most common form: たていと
noun
(weaving) warp
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noun
1. warp (weaving)
2. longitude
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Most common form: たて
noun
1. the vertical; height
2. front-to-back; length
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Most common form: きょう
noun
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
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Nidan verb (upper class) with `hu/fu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to pass; to elapse; to go by  (archaic)
2. to pass through; to go through  (archaic)
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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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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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noun
1. mound; heap; hillock
2. burial mound; tomb; tumulus; barrow
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Most common form: 勝手
1. one's own convenience; one's way
2. convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use
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Most common form: かッ
prefix
very  (see also: 掻き; adds strength or emphasis to verbs, from 掻き)
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particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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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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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
2. to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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auxiliary
1. should; must; that one ought to; to be done  (suf. to verbs; often written with kana only)
2. -able  (passive ending; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: べえ
auxiliary
1. word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation  (see also: 可い; regional dialect: Kantou-ben, Touhoku-ben)
suffix
2. familiar suffix used after a personal name
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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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yellow
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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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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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (negation of である; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
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. 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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Most common form:
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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Most common form:
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: )
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