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40 partial word matches found in search '猫の手も借りたいくらいだ。'
noun
1. cat
2. shamisen
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noun
cat  (see also: ; archaic)
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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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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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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
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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noun
ill will; malice; another intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; fickleness; double-mindedness
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noun
1. sea bream (Sparidae); porgy  (often written with kana only)
2. tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. condition; figure; appearance
2. voice  (see also: ボイス; linguistics terminology)
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auxiliary adjective
1. want to ... do something; would like to ...  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
particle
2. indicates emphasis  (at sentence-end; regional dialect: Kyuushuu-ben)
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auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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noun, conjunction
1. opposite; opposition
2. versus; vs.; v.
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun (suffix)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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adverb, noun
1. how much?; how many?  (often written with kana only)
2. even; even if
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noun, prefix
1. some; several  (in the form 幾+ctr+か)
2. many  (in the form 幾+ctr+も)
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noun
salted salmon roe (i.e. individual mature eggs)  (see also: 筋子; originally from Russian 'ikra')
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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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Most common form: 行く
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る:くる)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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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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suffix, particle
1. approximately; about; around; or so  (also written as 位)
2. to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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noun
saddle
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adverb, suffix
1. throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat  (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat")
2. government position; court rank  (see also: 位階)
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suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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prefix
1. next (year, etc.)
suffix
2. since (last month, etc.)
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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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1 word found matching '猫の手も借りたいくらいだ。' when conjugated
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expression, 'i' adjective
extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat
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