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74 partial word matches found in search '最初のうちは彼は学生の顔を見分けるのに苦労した。'
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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'no' adjective, noun (prefix), noun
first; new
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1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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Most common form: 初め
suffix
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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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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particle
emphasis-adding particle  (at sentence-end; colloquialism)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. talent; gift; function
2. noh (theatre)
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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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Most common form: 農地
noun
agricultural land; farmland
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noun
1. brain
2. brains; mind
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noun
farming; agriculture
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1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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1. house; home (one's own)  (often written with kana only)
2. (one's) family; (one's) household  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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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
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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noun
blood; consanguinity
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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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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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: あれ
noun
1. that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly)  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 其れ; often written with kana only)
2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
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noun
student (esp. a university student)
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suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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noun
1. Heian-period student of government administration  (archaic)
2. Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism  (archaic)
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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
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noun, noun (suffix)
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)  (see also: 芝生)
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noun
boiled and half-dried bonito  (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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noun
1. countenance; visage  (archaic)
2. face; honor (honour); dignity
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
distinction
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noun (suffix), noun
looking; viewing
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noun
view (of life, etc.); outlook
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
2. to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)
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Most common form: 検分
inspection; examination; survey
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noun
1. minute
2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
2. to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
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Most common form: わけ
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sharing; division
2. draw; tie
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noun, noun (suffix), prefix
1. part; segment; share; ration  (see also: 分の)
2. rate
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numeric
1. one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
noun
2. one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
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Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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Most common form: 蹴る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to kick  (orig. ichidan verb)
2. to refuse; to reject
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noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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Most common form:
suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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particle
1. although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that
2. while
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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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troubles; hardships
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noun
1. pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
2. duhkha (suffering)  (see also: 八苦; Buddhist term)
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noun
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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Most common form:
noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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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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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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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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Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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