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1 exact word match found in search '灯台下暗し'
expression
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
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24 partial word matches found in search '灯台下暗し'
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Most common form: 灯火
noun
light; lamp; torch
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noun
1. lighthouse
2. old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
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noun
light; lamp  (archaic)
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noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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noun
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp  (see also: 御明かし)
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noun
1. light; lamp  (this meaning is restricted to form 灯)
2. baiting deer with a lighted torch  (esp. 照射)
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noun
1. light; lamp
suffix, counter
2. counter for electric lights
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
2. support; holder; rack
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noun, noun (prefix), noun (suffix)
Taiwan  (see also: 台湾; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)  (honorific)
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noun
1. tower
2. stand; pedestal
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noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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noun
1. lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
2. second volume (of two); third volume (of three)  (see also: 下巻; opposite: )
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noun
1. lower reaches (of a river)  (opposite: )
2. bottom; lower part
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under (being in said condition or environment)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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1
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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noun
poem; verse of poetry
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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