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noun
1. sentence
2. composition; text; writings
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noun
1. literary course
2. the arts
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noun
letter; writings
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noun
1. one-thousandth of a kan (obsolete unit of currency)
2. 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes)
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noun
liberal arts college
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noun
1. figure; design  (often written with kana only)
2. twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes
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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
1. error; mistake; fault  (often written with kana only)
2. sin; wrongdoing; offense  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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prefix
big; large  (see also: )
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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1. graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
2. outgrowing something; moving on  (colloquialism)
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noun
1. low-ranking soldier
2. graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from)  (see also: 卒業; abbreviation)
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noun
deed; act; work; performance
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noun
karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)  (see also: 果報; Buddhist term)
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noun, suffix
1. work; business; company; agency
2. study
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
thereupon; hereupon
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick someone's pocket  (see also: 掏摸; often written with kana only)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: 擦る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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Most common form: 刷る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
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noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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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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conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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Most common form: 時には
expression, adverb
at times; occasionally
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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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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. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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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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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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noun
1. outside; exterior
2. open air
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suffix
outside of; not covered by  (opposite: )
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noun
1. non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist  (Buddhist term; opposite: 内道)
2. heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
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1. other (place, thing, person); the rest
2. outside; beyond  (esp. 外; often written with kana only)
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1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts  (see also: 他所; often written with kana only)
noun
2. outside (one's family or group); those people  (often written with kana only; opposite: )
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noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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Most common form:
noun
1. way; road  (see also: ; ち only; archaic)
noun (suffix)
2. way to ...; road to ...  (usu. ぢ)
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noun
1. road  (abbreviation)
2. way
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Most common form: てつがく
noun
philosophy
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noun
1. sage; wise man; philosopher; disciple
2. sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
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noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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noun (prefix)
1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
2. pre- (e.g. "premodern")  (before the name of an era)
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noun, 'no' adjective, noun (suffix), prefix
1. previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
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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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prefix
1. dilute  (see also: 希塩酸)
2. rare  (see also: 希書)
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noun, noun (prefix)
Greece; Greek; Greco-  (see also: 希臘; abbreviation)
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Most common form: ギリシャ
Ateji (phonetic) reading; rarely-used kanji form
noun
Greece  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'Grécia')
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Most common form: まれ
rare; seldom  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice  (Buddhist term)
2. twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
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comparison
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comparative; relative
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. ratio; proportion
noun
2. match; equal
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Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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Most common form: 類い
noun
1. kind; sort; type  (often written with kana only)
2. equal; match; peer  (see also: 類いする, 類いない)
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Most common form: 頃おい
noun
time; period; days
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-like; typical
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noun
mark; target
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study; research; investigation
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particle, conjunction
among other things; such things as; or something like that
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Most common form: 都会
1. city
noun
2. Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly  (see also: 都議会; abbreviation)
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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, noun (suffix)
1. storey; story; floor
noun
2. stairs  (see also: )
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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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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
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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Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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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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Most common form:
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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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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Most common form:
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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Most common form: だい
noun
1. title; subject; theme; topic
2. problem (on a test); question
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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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noun, suffix
1. over; more than  (see also: 以上; also written as 餘; this meaning is restricted to form 余)
2. formal or oratory first person pronoun; I  (archaic)
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Most common form: よほど
1. very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite  (see also: 余っ程; 余 is ateji; often written with kana only)
2. just about to  (see also: 余っ程)
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Most common form: ほど
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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expression
1. suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense  (see also: ない; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. humph; hmph
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particle
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")  (pronounced え in modern Japanese)
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1. strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
2. unexpected
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noun
1. area; vicinity; region
2. side; edge  (mathematics)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. compilation (of a text); editing
noun, noun (suffix), counter
2. volume (of a text)
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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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 (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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Most common form: そんな
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of  (see also: あんな, こんな, どんな)
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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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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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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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conjunction, particle
although (with nuance of strong discontent); but; even though; I wish ....  (usu. at sentence end)
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Most common form:
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. document; book
noun
2. penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
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noun
letter; writings
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noun
1. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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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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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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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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Most common form: そうです
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. 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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Most common form:
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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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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Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
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