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99 partial word matches found in search '枝葉末節の議論はもうそろそろ止めにして、本筋の話に移りませんか。'
え だ 0
noun
branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
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し よ う 0 し よ う 1
1. leaves and branches; foliage
2. unimportant details; inessentials; side issues  (see also: 枝葉末節; esp. しよう)
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counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
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し よ う ま っ せ つ 0
noun
unimportant details; inessentials  (yojijukugo)
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は 0
noun
leaf
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よ う 0
suffix, counter
1. counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.
2. counter for boats  (archaic)
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は ず え 0
noun
tip of a leaf
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す え 0
noun
1. tip; top  (see also: 末)
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. end; close (e.g. close of the month)
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Most common form: まつ
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. the end of
2. powder
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う れ 2
noun
new shoots; new growth (of a tree)  (archaic)
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noun
top end; tip  (archaic)
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ま っ せ つ 0
noun
minor details; nonessentials
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ふ し 2
noun
1. joint; knuckle
2. tune; melody
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せ つ 1
noun
1. occasion; time
2. section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
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noun
space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)  (archaic)
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ぶ し 0
noun (suffix)
characteristic way of speaking
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の っ と 1
noun
knot (nautical mile per hour)  (often written with kana only)
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の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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の
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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ぎ ろ ん 1
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
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ぎ 1
noun
1. discussion; deliberation
2. thought; opinion
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ろ ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate
2. theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine
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は
particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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は
は 1
Most common form: 歯
noun
tooth
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は
は 0
Most common form: 葉
noun
leaf
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は
は 1
Most common form: 派
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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は
は 1
Most common form: 刃
noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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は
は 1 は 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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も う 1 も う 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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も
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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も
も 0
Most common form: 藻
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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う そ 1
noun
1. lie; falsehood; incorrect fact
2. Really!; Unbelievable!; No way!  (colloquialism)
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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そ ろ そ ろ 1
1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; this meaning is restricted to reading そろそろ, ソロソロ)
2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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そ
そ 1
Most common form: 祖
noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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と め 0
noun, suffix
1. (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
2. remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
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と ど め 0
noun
finishing blow; clincher
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suffix
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)  (see also: 下痢止め)
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め
Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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め
め 1
Most common form: 目
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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め
め 1
Most common form: 芽
noun
sprout
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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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expression
1. only; just because
2. although; even
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に し 0
Most common form: 西
noun
west
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に し 1
Most common form: 二死
noun
two out; two down (and one to go)  (baseball term)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し て 0 し て 2
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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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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ほ ん 1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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ほ ん す じ 0
noun
main thread (of a story)
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も と 1
noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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す じ 1
noun
1. muscle; tendon; sinew
2. vein; artery
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き ん 1
noun
muscle
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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う つ り 3
noun
change; transition; return present
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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
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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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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expression
1. won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.)  (see also: ます; used to ask a question in the negative; polite (teineigo) language)
2. won't you  (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands)
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expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense  (see also: ない, ます; polite (teineigo) language)
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ま
ま 1
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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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
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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ま せ 1
Most common form: まし
auxiliary
1. please  (see also: ます; used to make a polite request or demand; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
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せ
so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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せ ん 1
numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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せ
せ 0
Most common form: 背
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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せ ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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せ ん 1
Most common form: 栓
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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せ ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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せ ん か 1
noun
1. wartime fire  (see also: 兵火)
2. war; wartime destruction; horrors of war  (see also: 戦禍)
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せ ん か 1
noun
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
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せ ん か 1
Most common form: 戦禍
noun
war damages; ravages of war
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せ ん か 1
noun
1. specialized course; specialised course
2. something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ん
Most common form: の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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ん
Most common form: ン
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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か
particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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か
か 0
Most common form: 蚊
noun
mosquito
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か
か 1
Most common form: 可
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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か
か 1
Most common form: 課
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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か
Most common form: 科
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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か
Most common form: 架
noun
rack; mount; stand
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