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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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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. (a) step
2. level; stage
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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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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noun
pawn  (see also: 歩兵; shogi term; abbreviation)
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noun
1. step; stride
2. counter for steps
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noun
1. unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)
2. stage; step; level
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Most common form: あゆみ
noun
1. walking
2. progress; advance
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Most common form: 徒歩
noun
1. foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
2. going on foot; walking  (see also: 徒歩; archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 徒, 徒歩, 歩, 歩行)
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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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always; constantly
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usual state of things
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prefix
constant; unchanging; eternal
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Most common form: ただ
1. ordinary; common; usual  (often written with kana only)
2. free of charge  (only 只; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 永久
1. eternity; perpetuity; immortality  (とわ tends to be more abstract)
2. Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
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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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most; extremely
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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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1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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`ku' adjective (archaic)
difficult; hard  (see also: 難い; archaic)
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Most common form: なん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difficulty; trouble; hardship
2. accident; disaster; danger
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. shh! (used to silence someone); sh!  (see also: しっ)
2. shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.)  (see also: しっ)
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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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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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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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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