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79 partial word matches found in search '最後の手段としては、いつでも職を辞められると彼は考えた。'
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1. last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent
expression
2. no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences)  (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga")
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1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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expression, noun
last resort
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suffix
after  (see also: 午後)
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Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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1. later; afterwards; since  (often written with kana only)
2. future  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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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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Most common form:
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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noun
means; way; measure
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noun
1. step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)
noun, counter
2. grade; rank; level
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noun
1. variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
2. 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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expression
1. as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
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expression
as (for); for; in the capacity of  (see also: として, )
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Most common form:
noun
1. year
2. age; years
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Most common form: 都市
town; city; municipal; urban
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Most common form:
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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1
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noun
way
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Most common form:
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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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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Most common form:
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun
official; civil service
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expression
1. if (an action, etc.)
2. since ...; if you are going to ...
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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Most common form:
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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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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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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Most common form:
noun
tooth
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Most common form:
noun
leaf
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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Most common form:
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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), pronoun
when; how soon  (often written with kana only)
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(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever  (see also: 何時だって; often written with kana only)
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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:
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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Most common form:
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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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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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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conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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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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Most common form:
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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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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Most common form:
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
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noun
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)  (see also: 律令制)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
1. address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
2. ci (Chinese literary form)
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Most common form: 言葉
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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Most common form:
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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Most common form:
noun
sprout
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auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")  (see also: 未然形, 迷惑の受身; れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs)
2. indicates the potential form  (see also: ら抜き言葉; no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる)
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Most common form:
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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Most common form: られる
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")  (see also: 未然形, 迷惑の受身; れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs)
2. indicates the potential form  (see also: ら抜き言葉; no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる)
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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
1. thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
2. idea; notion; imagination
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noun
1. thought
noun (suffix)
2. report on one's investigation into ...
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Most common form: えぇ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. eh?; what?; oh?
2. yes; that's correct  (see also: はい)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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Most common form:
noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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Most common form:
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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Most common form:
noun
inlet; bay
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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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Most common form:
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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