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82 partial word matches found in search '本命と対抗馬が競り合ったお陰で、ダークホースの彼が漁夫の利を得たってわけだ。'
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noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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noun
1. favorite; favourite; sure thing; likely winner; certainty
2. one's heart's desire
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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1
noun
1. life; life force  (see also: 生命; sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
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noun
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble  (honorific)
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noun
1. command; decree
2. life
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noun (suffix), noun
1. Lord; Highness  (after the name of a god or a noble)
pronoun
2. you  (archaic; derogatory)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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1
Most common form:
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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noun, conjunction
1. opposite; opposition
2. versus; vs.; v.
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0
opposition; antagonism
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3
noun
a rival horse or candidate
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0
Most common form: つい
noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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1
prefix
anti-
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2
noun
1. horse
2. horse racing  (see also: 競馬:けいば; this meaning is restricted to reading うま)
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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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2
noun
1. competing; competition
2. auction  (see also: 競り売り)
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suffix
contest; match  (see also: 競べ; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 競り
noun
1. competing; competition
2. auction  (see also: 競り売り)
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noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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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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noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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noun
1. 0.18039 litres (liters)
2. 0.3306 metres square (meters)
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noun
1. between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing  (see also: 合い服; also written as 間; abbreviation)
suffix
2. together
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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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1
Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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0
Most common form: おかげ
noun
1. grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing  (often written with kana only)
2. assistance; help; aid  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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noun
1. shade; shadow
2. other side; back; background
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noun
female private parts; female genitals  (archaic)
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expression
behind one's back
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noun
1. yin (i.e. the negative)  (opposite: )
2. unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)  (see also: 陰に)
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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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dark
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noun
darling  (see also: ダーリン; abbreviation; slang)
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4
Most common form: ダーク・ホース
noun
dark horse
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0
noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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1
noun
5th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 5th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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1
noun
1. force
2. FORTH  (computer terminology)
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noun
1. hose  (originally from Dutch 'hoos')
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2. horse  (see also: ホースレース, ダークホース)
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noun
discarded tiles; discards  (mahjong term; originally from Chinese)
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Most common form: ほう
interjection (kandoushi)
1. oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.
expression
2. hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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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, noun (suffix)
1. fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed)
noun
2. catch (e.g. of fish); haul  (see also: 豊漁)
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expression, noun
profiting while others fight  (see also: 鷸蚌の争い)
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noun
fisherman  (sensitive)
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0
1. fishing; collecting shells
2. fisherman
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noun
husband  (see also: 良人)
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Most common form:
noun
1. that  (archaic)
2. he; she; that person  (archaic)
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. wife
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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Most common form:
noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. male; man  (see also: )
noun
2. husband  (archaic)
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noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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0
1. profit; advantage; benefit; gain  (also written as 徳)
2. rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana  (Buddhist term)
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Nidan verb with 'u' ending (archaic), transitive verb
1. to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain  (see also: 得る)
2. to be possible  (as 〜することを得, etc.)
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particle
1. even if; even though  (also だって)
2. however; no matter how  (also ったって)
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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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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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3
Most common form: 手わけ
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
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1
noun
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. indicates emotion or admiration  (at sentence end; female term or language)
2. indicates emphasis  (at sentence end; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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Most common form:
noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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0
Most common form:
counter
counter for birds and rabbits
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2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sharing; division
2. draw; tie
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Most common form:
noun
1. sum  (mathematics)
2. harmony; peace
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0
Most common form:
counter
counter for bundles
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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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0
Most common form:
noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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Most common form:
suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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