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77 partial word matches found in search '景気の減退が始まると、短期契約社員達は次々に一時解雇を言い渡された。'
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noun
condition; state; business (condition)
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noun
1. vista; view; scene; scenic view
suffix, counter
2. counter for scenes (in a play)
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noun
1. shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
2. reflection; image
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling
noun (prefix)
2. somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
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suffix
-like nature; -like disposition; -ish temperament
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suffix
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of  (often written with kana only)
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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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decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
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suffix
reduction
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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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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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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. circle  (see also: )
noun, noun (prefix)
2. entirety; whole; full; complete
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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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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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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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short-term  (opposite: 長期)
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noun
1. fault; defect; weak point  (see also: )
2. minor  (see also: ; music term)
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prefix, suffix
short; brief
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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contract; compact; agreement
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noun
contract employee
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1. approximately; about
noun
2. promise
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noun
1. company employee
2. company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation
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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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Most common form: いん
noun, noun (suffix)
member
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noun
friend  (see also: 友達; colloquialism; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: たち
suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (often written with kana only)
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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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in succession; one by one
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one by one; one after another; successively
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prefix
1. next
2. hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)  (see also: 次亜)
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1. next; following; subsequent
2. stage; station
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unclassified
kanji repetition mark  (see also: 同の字点)
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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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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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. one o'clock
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. once; at one time; formerly; before
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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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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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a layoff
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most  (archaic)
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Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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Most common form: ひととき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. moment; a (short) time; a while  (often written with kana only)
2. former times  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ひととき)
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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  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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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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discharge; dismissal
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noun
solution (of equation)
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Most common form: 雇い
noun
employee; employment
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
word; remark; statement
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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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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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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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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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