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1 exact word match found in search '指汚しとて切られもせず'
expression
it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty  (proverb)
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32 partial word matches found in search '指汚しとて切られもせず'
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noun
finger; toe; digit
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noun
1. between (e.g. two people); face to face
2. hindrance; impediment
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noun (suffix), noun
1. soiling; polluting; being dirty  (food term)
2. shame; disgrace; dishonor; dishonour
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noun
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)  (see also: 汚鮫, オーシャニックホワイトティップシャーク; often written with kana only)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
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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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Most common form: 使徒
apostle; disciple
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noun
official; civil service
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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particle
1. even
2. even if; even though
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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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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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eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute
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suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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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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expression
without doing  (see also: せずに; neg. continuative form of する; CODE form MISSING!)
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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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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