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116 partial word matches found in search '正直に言えば、来年は再び自分で芝を刈るとトニーに言うつもりだが、1つだけは言わないでおく。'
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1. honesty; integrity; frankness
2. honestly; frankly
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Most common form: せい
1. (logical) true; regular
numeric
2. 10^40; ten thousand undecillion
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exact; precise  (see also: 正に; archaic)
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: )
2. director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief  (see also: 長官; this meaning is restricted to reading しょう)
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1. soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
2. nearby; close
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1. straight  (see also: 真直, 直直; archaic)
2. ordinary; common
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1. direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight
2. night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)  (see also: 当直)
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1. immediately; directly; soon; shortly; before long  (see also: 間もなく)
2. easily; readily
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prefix
earnestly; immediately; exactly  (often written with kana only)
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straight; direct  (archaic)
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noun (prefix), 'no' adjective, noun
direct  (see also: 直に)
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1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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Most common form: じかに
directly; in person; firsthand  (often written with kana only)
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noun
Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators)  (see also: 国造, )
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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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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noun
word; remark; statement
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expression
speaking of  (see also: と言えば)
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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noun
inlet; bay
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particle
1. if ... then; when
2. and  (often ...も...ば...も...)
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noun
1. place; spot; space
2. field; discipline; sphere; realm
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next year
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prefix
1. next (year, etc.)
suffix
2. since (last month, etc.)
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noun
1. year
2. age; years
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noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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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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Most common form: 二度
again; once more; a second time
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prefix
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
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noun, noun (suffix)
beauty
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1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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expression
by myself; in person; by oneself
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prefix
1. self-
2. from ...  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading じ)
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noun
1. minute
2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
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noun, noun (suffix), prefix
1. part; segment; share; ration  (see also: 分の)
2. rate
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numeric
1. one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
noun
2. one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
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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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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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Most common form: しば
noun
lawn; sod; turf
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune
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noun
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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noun
way
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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
7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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noun
4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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noun
knee
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noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
depression; low spirits  (often written with kana only)
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1. to shoot (at)  (usu. 撃つ)
2. to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge
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'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound  (also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ)
2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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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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noun
1. intention; plan  (often written with kana only)
2. conviction; belief  (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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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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noun
1. forest
2. shrine grove  (see also: 鎮守の杜; esp. 杜)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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Most common form: 守り
noun
1. babysitting; babysitter
2. protecting; keeping; keeper
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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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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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Most common form: ですが
conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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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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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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expression
at least ...; at least not (when followed by a negative)  (...だけは; idiomatic expression)
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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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noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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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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noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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counter
counter for birds and rabbits
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noun
1. sum  (mathematics)
2. harmony; peace
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counter
counter for bundles
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noun
1. snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.)
2. trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
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1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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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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auxiliary adjective
1. not  (verb-negating suffix, may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
2. emphatic suffix  (see also: 忙しない; after the root of an adjective)
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conjunction, auxiliary
1. without doing ...  (see also: ない)
auxiliary
2. used in sentence-final position as an indirect prohibition
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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: )
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh no; well; er  (archaic)
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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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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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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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noun
interior; inner part; inside
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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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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put; to place
2. to leave (behind)
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numeric
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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