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53 partial word matches found in search '持てば持つほど、ますます欲しがるものだ。'
て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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Most common form: ってば
particle
1. indicates emotional closeness or annoyance with someone
2. indicates an indirect command by expressing annoyance (in sentence-final position)
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ば
particle
1. if ... then; when
2. and  (often ...も...ば...も...)
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ば
ば 0
Most common form: 場
noun
1. place; spot; space
2. field; discipline; sphere; realm
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も つ 1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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つ
counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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つ
つ 0
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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ほ ど 0 ほ ど 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. degree; extent; bounds; limit  (often written with kana only)
particle
2. indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit  (often written with kana only)
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 帆
noun
sail
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 歩
noun
1. step; stride
counter
2. counter for steps
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ほ
ほ 1
Most common form: 穗
noun
1. ear (of plant); head (of plant)
2. point; tip
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ほ
Most common form: 舗
noun
1. shop; store
2. counter for folded maps, etc.  (see also: 畳物)
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ど
but (archaic)
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ど
Most common form: ド
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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ど
ど 0
Most common form: 度
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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ま す ま す 2
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less  (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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ま
ま 1
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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ま す 2
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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ま す 2 ま す 0
Most common form: 升
noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
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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す
Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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す
す 1
Most common form: 酢
noun
vinegar
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す
す 1 す 0
Most common form: 巣
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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す ま す 2
Most common form: 済ます
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
2. to settle; to pay back
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to clear; to make clear
2. to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
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す
す 1
Most common form: 素
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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よ く 2
noun
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
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ほ し が る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to desire; to want; to wish for; to covet  (see also: 欲しい)
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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が
particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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1. to show signs of being; to feel; to think  (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion)
2. to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if
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が
noun
moth
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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particle
1. indicates reason or excuse  (used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね)
2. indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged  (at sentence-end; female term or language)
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も
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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も
も 0
Most common form: 藻
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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も の 2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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の
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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1 word found matching '持てば持つほど、ますます欲しがるものだ。' when conjugated
も て る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.)  (see also: 持つ)
2. to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed  (see also: モテる)
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