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1 exact word match found in search '権兵衛が種まきゃ烏がほじくる'
expression
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
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38 partial word matches found in search '権兵衛が種まきゃ烏がほじくる'
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Most common form: けん
noun (suffix), noun
1. right (to do something)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. authority; power
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noun
1. country bumpkin  (archaic; derogatory)
2. John Doe; used to refer to someone whose name is unknown
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noun
1. (common) soldier; rank and file
2. army; troops
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noun
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
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Most common form:
noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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noun
1. warrior; soldier  (often written with kana only)
2. courageous person; strong person  (see also: 強者; often written with kana only)
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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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noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. kind; variety
2. (biological) species
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sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. cause; seed; origin  (oft. ぐさ in compounds)
noun
2. variety; kind
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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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Most common form:
noun
1. firewood; kindling; fuel
2. piece(s) of firewood  (usu. まき)
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Most common form:
noun
space; room; time; pause
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Most common form: 巻き
noun
1. roll (e.g. of cloth)
2. winding
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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:
noun
1. spirit; mind; heart  (see also: 気を逸らす)
2. nature; disposition  (see also: 気が小さい)
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Most common form:
yellow
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record  (also written 紀)
noun
2. Records of Ancient Matters  (see also: 古事記; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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Most common form: カラス
noun
crow (Corvus spp.); raven  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
sail
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Most common form:
noun
1. step; stride
counter
2. counter for steps
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Most common form: 保持
retention; maintenance; preservation
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Most common form:
noun
1. ear (of plant); head (of plant)
2. point; tip
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Most common form: ほじる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to dig up; to peck at; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
2. to pry into; to examine; to dredge up
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noun
1. shop; store
2. counter for folded maps, etc.  (see also: 畳物)
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Most common form:
suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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Most common form:
noun
1. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. axis; shaft; axle
noun
2. center; centre; focal point; key point
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Most common form: 字句
noun
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
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Most common form:
noun
hemorrhoids; piles
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Most common form:
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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Most common form:
noun
ward; district; section
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
2. to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
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