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62 partial word matches found in search '楽観主義者は鏡をのぞきこんでますます楽天的に、悲観論者はますます悲観的になる。'
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'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. comfort; ease
noun
2. raku pottery  (see also: 楽焼き; abbreviation)
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optimism
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optimism
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Most common form: かん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. look; appearance
2. spectacle; sight
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noun
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
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Most common form: 主人
noun
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)  (abbreviation)
2. entertaining someone as one's guest  (see also: 饗設け; also written as 饗; archaic)
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1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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noun
1. head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
2. owner; proprietor; proprietress
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noun
1. advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue
noun (suffix)
2. -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)
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1. (one's) master
2. Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)  (this meaning is restricted to reading しゅ)
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pronoun
you  (see also: ; archaic; familiar language)
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Most common form: 主人
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady  (see also: ご主人)
2. one's husband
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suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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1. morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
2. meaning
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Most common form: もの
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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noun, suffix
someone of that nature; someone doing that work
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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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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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noun
1. mirror; looking-glass
2. barrel head
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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less  (often written with kana only)
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auxiliary verb
1. used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)  (see also: ませ; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to indicate respect for those affected by the action  (archaic; humble)
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noun
trout; sea trout  (often written with kana only)
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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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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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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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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun
vinegar
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Most common form:
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: 済ます
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
2. to settle; to pay back
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to clear; to make clear
2. to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
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Most common form:
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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optimistic
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noun
optimism
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noun
1. sky
2. heaven  (this meaning is restricted to reading てん)
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-like; typical
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noun
mark; target
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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Most common form:
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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pessimism; disappointment
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noun
pessimism
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noun
karuna (compassion)  (Buddhist term)
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noun
pessimist
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate
2. theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine
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noun
advocate
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Most common form:
noun
1. beach; seashore
2. captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones  (see also: 揚げ浜; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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pessimistic; gloomy
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. becomes; will become; turns out  (often written with kana only)
2. to do  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific; often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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particle
1. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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suffix, noun or verb acting prenominally
1. that is in  (see also: ; archaic)
2. who is called; that is called
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Most common form:
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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Most common form: 鳴る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
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Most common form: 生る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to bear fruit  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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