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118 partial word matches found in search '海外で孤軍奮闘するよりも、日本の高齢者に馴染んだ精神風土での余生の方がずっと安堵できるはずです。'
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foreign; abroad; overseas
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noun
sea; ocean; waters
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noun
1. outside; exterior
2. open air
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suffix
outside of; not covered by  (opposite: )
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Most common form:
1. other (place, thing, person); the rest
2. outside; beyond  (esp. 外; often written with kana only)
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1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts  (see also: 他所; often written with kana only)
noun
2. outside (one's family or group); those people  (often written with kana only; opposite: )
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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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Most common form:
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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fighting alone  (yojijukugo)
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1. being alone; solitude; loneliness​
noun
2. orphan  (see also: 孤児; obscure term)
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noun
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
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Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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noun, noun (suffix)
army; force; troops
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noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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hard struggle; strenuous effort
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick someone's pocket  (see also: 掏摸; often written with kana only)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: 擦る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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Most common form: 刷る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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particle
1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.  (at sentence-end)
2. used when calling out to someone  (after a noun)
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expression
1. in comparison to  (see also: より; emphatic form of より)
2. rather than
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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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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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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun
Japan
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noun
1. Sunday  (see also: 日曜; abbreviation)
suffix
2. day (of the month)  (also んち or ち)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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noun (suffix)
1. day of month
2. counter for days
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noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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Most common form: ほんの
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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advanced (old) age
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suffix
1. high school  (see also: 高等学校; abbreviation)
prefix
2. high-  (see also: 高レベル)
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noun, noun (suffix)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money  (usu. だか when n-suf)
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noun
old person; old people
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noun
instar
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noun
(one's) age
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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. 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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Most common form: 馴染み
noun
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
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Most common form: 染め
noun
dyeing; printing
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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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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noun
mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention
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Most common form: せい
noun
1. spirit; sprite; nymph
2. energy; vigor (vigour); strength
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noun
the spiritual climate  (yojijukugo)
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noun
1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
noun, noun (prefix)
2. incredible; fantastic  (also written ネ申; slang)
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noun
soul; spirit; divine spirit  (archaic)
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noun
1. divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
2. kamikaze  (this meaning is restricted to reading かみかぜ)
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noun
1. spirit; psyche
2. god; deity; divinity; kami  (see also: )
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noun
1. wind; breeze; draught; draft
noun, noun (prefix)
2. manner; behaviour; behavior  (see also: 風:ふう)
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noun
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
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'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. method; manner; way; style
2. appearance; air
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noun, counter
1. swing; shake; wave; swinging
noun
2. appearance; behaviour  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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noun
1. Saturday  (see also: 土曜; abbreviation; this meaning is restricted to reading ど)
2. earth (third of the five elements)  (see also: 五行)
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noun
soil (esp. reddish soil)  (archaic)
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noun
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
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noun, suffix
1. over; more than  (see also: 以上; also written as 餘; this meaning is restricted to form 余)
2. formal or oratory first person pronoun; I  (archaic)
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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
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noun, noun (suffix)
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)  (see also: 芝生)
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noun
boiled and half-dried bonito  (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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noun
1. direction; way  (also ほう)
2. person; lady; gentleman  (honorific)
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noun
1. surrounding area  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
2. shore (of the sea)  (this meaning is restricted to reading へ, べ)
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suffix
1. honorific pluralizing suffix (used only for people)
2. around (the time that, etc.); about  (also かた)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: お粗末さまでした; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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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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1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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auxiliary verb, suffix
not doing  (see also: ; after the -nai stem of a verb)
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noun (suffix)
1. s (pluralizing suffix); es  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
2. 's (possessive suffix); s'; es'  (colloquialism; originally from eng)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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particle
casual sentence-ending particle indicating that the speaker is trying to reinforce a statement
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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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Most common form:
noun
way
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Most common form:
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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prefix, suffix
1. cheap
prefix
2. rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous  (see also: 安請け合い)
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1. relief; reassurance
2. recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.)  (see also: 本領安堵)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. workmanship; craftsmanship; execution; finish
2. grades; results; score; record
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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: 着る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
2. to bear (guilt, etc.)
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Most common form: 切る
suffix, 'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
2. to sever (connections, ties)  (see also: 縁を切る)
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yellow
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off); to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
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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
1. expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be  (often written with kana only)
2. nock (of a bow)
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expression
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
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noun
tooth
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Most common form:
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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expression
be; is  (see also: , であります; polite copula; polite (teineigo) language)
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