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55 partial word matches found in search '殺人事件の背後に潜むミステリーを解き明かせ。'

noun, 'no' adjective

murder

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さつじんじけん

noun

a murder; murder case

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noun

1. man; person

2. human being; mankind; people

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suffix

1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.

2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field)

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1. counter for people

noun

2. person (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)

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noun, 'no' adjective

personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

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suffix

person

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Most common form: 他人ごと

noun

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

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noun

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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suffix

1. nominalizing suffix (see also: 事)

2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... (see also: 事)

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noun

individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle) (see also: 理; Buddhist term)

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Most common form: こと

noun

1. thing; matter (often written with kana only)

2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (often written with kana only)

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matter; case; item; affair; subject

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1. the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid (often written with kana only)

2. the usual

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noun

passage; paragraph (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

Most common form: 野

noun

1. plain; field

2. hidden (structural) member (this meaning is restricted to reading の)

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noun

1. height; stature

2. back; spine (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)

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noun, 'no' adjective

1. back; rear

2. background; behind the scenes

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noun

back (of the body) (see also: 背中; CODE dated MISSING!)

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suffix

after (see also: 午後)

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Most common form: あと

noun, 'no' adjective

1. behind; rear (see also: 後ずさり)

2. after; later (see also: その後)

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noun, 'no' adjective

1. later; afterwards; since (often written with kana only)

2. future (often written with kana only)

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に

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while (see also: 後, 末に; often written with kana only)

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Most common form: 尻

noun

1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom

2. undersurface; bottom

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に

particle

1. at (place, time); in; on; during

2. to (direction, state); toward; into

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に

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

Most common form: 荷

noun

1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods

2. burden; responsibility

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に

Most common form: 丹

noun

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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む

interjection (kandoushi)

1. unh (sound of physical exertion); oof (archaic)

2. wow; whoa

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ミス

noun, 'suru' verb

1. mistake; error; failure (see also: エラー; abbr. of the English "mistake")

noun

2. Miss

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ミ

noun

mi; 3rd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

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ミステリー

noun

mystery

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ミステリ

Most common form: ミステリー

(same as above)

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ー

noun

long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana) (known as ちょうおん)

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を

particle

1. indicates direct object of action

2. indicates subject of causative expression

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noun

solution (of equation)

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き

Most common form: 気

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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き

Most common form: 黄

noun, 'na' adjective

yellow

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き

Most common form: 記

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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き

Most common form: 期

noun, noun (suffix)

1. period; time

2. age (geology, etc. term)

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noun

Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

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noun

1. brightness

2. clarity; acumen

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noun

1. vidya (wisdom) (Buddhist term)

2. mantra (see also: 真言)

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か

clear; fresh; bright (often written with kana only)

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Most common form: 清

1. clearly; brightly (archaic)

2. cleanly; purely

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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

Most common form: 蚊

noun

mosquito

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か

Most common form: 可

noun, noun (suffix)

passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair

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か

Most common form: 課

noun, noun (suffix)

1. lesson

2. section (in an organization); division; department

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か

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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せ

so; really; seeming (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)

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せ

Most common form: 背

noun

1. height; stature

2. back; spine (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)

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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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