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75 partial word matches found in search '我々は全力をつくして仕事に取り掛かった。'
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Most common form: 我我
we
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1. I; me
2. oneself  (this meaning is restricted to reading われ, わ)
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noun
1. obstinacy  (Buddhist term)
2. atman; the self; the ego
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unclassified
kanji repetition mark  (see also: 同の字点)
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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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Most common form: ぜんりょく
all one's power; whole energy
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noun
1. all; whole; entire; complete; overall
prefix
2. pan-; omni-; toti-
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noun
1. force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy
2. capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty
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suffix
strength; power; proficiency; ability
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noun
1. strength; power; proficiency; ability
noun (suffix)
2. the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men  (after a number of people)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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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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noun
comb
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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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Most common form: 駆使
noun
1. free use
2. to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language)
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noun
1. spit; skewer
2. proxy (computer server)  (see also: プロキシサーバー; slang)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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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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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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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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1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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noun
official; civil service
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suffix
1. nominalizing suffix  (see also: )
2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...  (see also: )
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noun
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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noun
appropriation; obtaining  (see also: 十二因縁; Buddhist term)
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noun (suffix)
1. samurai receiving this much rice as a fee  (after a quantity)
2. offering of rice cake containing this much rice
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Most common form: 取り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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Most common form: 取り
noun (suffix)
1. samurai receiving this much rice as a fee  (after a quantity)
2. offering of rice cake containing this much rice
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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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suffix
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk  (see also: , 掛かり; 掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc.)
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Most common form: 掛け
1. -clad  (after an article of clothing)
2. in the midst of  (after a -masu stem; often written with kana only)
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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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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
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
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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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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noun
rack; mount; stand
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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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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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