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56 partial word matches found in search '捕らえることのできないもの、身軽で素早いものの喩え、だそうです。'
Most common form: えぇ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. eh?; what?; oh?
2. yes; that's correct  (see also: はい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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noun
inlet; bay
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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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particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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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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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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Most common form: 鋳物
noun
cast metal; casting
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noun
well
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noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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noun
1. tuber; taro; potato
2. yokel; bumpkin  (derogatory)
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greatness
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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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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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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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2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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noun
1. body
2. oneself
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Most common form: 身がる
1. agile; nimble; light (of foot)
2. casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage)
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noun
(dead) body; corpse
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Most common form: けい
prefix
light (e.g. vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
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1. fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile
2. quick (to understand); sharp (judgement)
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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1. plain, white silk
2. prime  (see also: 互いに素; mathematics)
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
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noun
already; now; by this time
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noun, adverb
early  (see also: 早う; abbreviation)
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particle
but; although
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only ...; no more than ...; a matter of
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noun
God; Buddha; sun; moon  (children's language; archaic)
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Most common form: 例え
noun
1. example  (esp. 例え)
2. simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable  (esp. 譬え, 喩え)
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copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. that is so; that is right; it looks to me; I am of the impression
expression
2. people say that (after plain verb, adj); it is said that; I hear that
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1. in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such  (see also: 斯う, ああ, 如何; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. so (used to express agreement with something said)  (often written with kana only)
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1. to run along; to run beside
2. to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with  (see also: 添う)
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Most common form: 添う
1. to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with  (see also: 沿う)
2. to accompany; to stay by one's side
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noun, prefix
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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noun
1. conception; idea; thought
2. samjna (perception)  (see also: 五蘊; Buddhist term)
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noun, noun (suffix), counter
pair
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noun
all together
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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
1. arm
2. skill; efforts; ability
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Most common form:
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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expression
be; is  (see also: , であります; polite copula; polite (teineigo) language)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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1 word found matching '捕らえることのできないもの、身軽で素早いものの喩え、だそうです。' when conjugated
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Most common form: 捉える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to seize; to capture; to arrest
2. to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)
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