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と き 2
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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じ か ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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あ い だ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. time (between); pause; break
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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ま 0
noun
space; room; time; pause
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while; during (the time when)
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け ん 1
noun
1. 1.818 m (6 shaku)
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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ら
Most common form: 等
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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た
auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: だ)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 他
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 多
noun, prefix
multi-
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し ゃ か い 1
noun
1. society; public; community; the world
2. social studies  (see also: 社会科; abbreviation)
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や し ろ 1
noun
shrine (usually Shinto)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. company; association; society  (see also: 会社; abbreviation)
2. regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)
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え 1
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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か い 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. meeting; assembly; party
2. association; club
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で
particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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で は 1
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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で
で 0 で 1
Most common form: 出
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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は
particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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は
は 1
Most common form: 歯
noun
tooth
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は
は 0
Most common form: 葉
noun
leaf
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は
は 1
Most common form: 派
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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は
は 1
Most common form: 刃
noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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は
は 1 は 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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せ ん 1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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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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expression, adverb
1. like; similar to  (often written with kana only)
2. as with; in the same way  (often written with kana only)
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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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よ う 1
noun (suffix), noun
1. appearing ...; looking ...  (see also: 様だ; usu. after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. way to ...; method of ...ing  (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
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よ
よ 1
particle
1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.  (at sentence-end)
2. used when calling out to someone  (after a noun)
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auxiliary verb
1. (I) will; (I) shall  (on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう, indicates intention)
auxiliary verb
2. let's  (on non-五段 stem, indicates suggestion or invitation)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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よ う 1
Most common form: 用
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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よ う 1
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get drunk; to become intoxicated
2. to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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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 ま り 3 つ ま り 1
1. that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean  (often written with kana only)
2. in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically  (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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つ ま 2
Most common form: 具
noun
1. wife
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic)
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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
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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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
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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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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か こ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. the past; bygone days; the previous
2. a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past
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prefix
1. surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
2. per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
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particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
2. from (originator); by
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か
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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か
か 0
Most common form: 蚊
noun
mosquito
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か
か 1
Most common form: 可
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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か
か 1
Most common form: 課
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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か ら 2
emptiness; vacuum; blank
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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か ら 2
Most common form: 殻
noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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か
Most common form: 科
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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か
Most common form: 架
noun
rack; mount; stand
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げ ん ざ い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
now; current; present; present time; as of
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う つ つ 0 う つ つ 3
noun
reality; consciousness
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げ ん 1
prefix
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
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ざ い 1
noun
1. country; countryside
2. outskirts; suburbs
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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つ う 0
'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. connoisseur; authority
2. counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
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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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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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み ら い 1
1. the future (usually distant)
2. future tense
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prefix
not yet; un-
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noun
eighth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)
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ら い 1
prefix
1. next (year, etc.)
suffix
2. since (last month, etc.)
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か っ て 0
Most common form: 勝手
1. one's own convenience; one's way
2. convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use
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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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の び 2
Most common form: 伸び
1. growth; development
2. stretching (e.g. body when waking up)
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の び る 0
Most common form: 伸びる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread
2. to make progress; to grow (beard, body height)
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suffix, ichidan verb
seeming to be ...; becoming like ...; behaving as ...  (see also: 大人びる, 鄙びる)
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び
び 1
Most common form: 美
noun, noun (suffix)
beauty
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い ち 2
Most common form: 一
numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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ほ ん 1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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も と 1
noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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ほ ん の 0
Most common form: ほんの
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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ち ょ く せ ん 0
straight line
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じ き 1
1. soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
2. nearby; close
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な お 0
1. straight  (see also: 真直, 直直; archaic)
2. ordinary; common
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ち ょ く 1
1. direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight
2. night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)  (see also: 当直)
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prefix
earnestly; immediately; exactly  (often written with kana only)
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straight; direct  (archaic)
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noun (prefix), 'no' adjective, noun
direct  (see also: 直に)
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ね 0
1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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noun
Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators)  (see also: 国造, 姓)
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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と
と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
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 (suffix), noun
looking; viewing
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け ん 1
noun
view (of life, etc.); outlook
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ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
indicates continuing action or state (e.g. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (from ..て or で plus いる; colloquialism)
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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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い
particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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い
い 0
Most common form: 胃
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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い る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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い る 1
Most common form: 煎る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
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い る 1
Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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い る 1
Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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い
Most common form: 井
noun
well
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い
い 1
Most common form: 医
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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い
Most common form: 偉
greatness
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い
Most common form: 位
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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