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101 partial word matches found in search '現代宇宙論の欠点は、時間と空間がどこから生まれてきたかを説明できていないことだ。'
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
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noun
reality; consciousness
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prefix
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; reign  (see also: 台・だい)
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noun
1. substitution
2. material
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noun
world; society; age; generation
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noun
universe; cosmos; space
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counter for buildings, etc.
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noun
cosmology
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noun
1. eaves
2. narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building  (see also: )
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noun
1. space; air; midair
2. (from) memory; (by) heart  (see also: )
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate
2. theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine
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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. fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback  (opposite: 美点)
2. failure (in an examination); failing grade
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noun
lack; deficiency; vacancy
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noun
1. yawn; yawning (and stretching)  (often written with kana only)
2. kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)  (this meaning is restricted to form 欠)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. spot; mark
2. point; dot
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noun
1. dot; point; mark  (often written with kana only)
2. tip; gratuity  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Kansai-ben; this meaning is restricted to reading ぽち)
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noun
1. dot; point; mark  (often written with kana only)
2. gidayuu musicians (in kabuki)  (see also: 義太夫; often written with kana only)
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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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noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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noun, expression
time and space  (see also: 時間, 空間)
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. 1.818 m (6 shaku)
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
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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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Most common form: から
emptiness; vacuum; blank
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noun
1. sky; the air; the heavens
2. weather
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noun
space; room; airspace
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vacancy; room for rent or lease
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noun
1. empty air; sky
2. shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon)  (Buddhist term)
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noun
hollow; cavity; hole
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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. where; what place  (see also: 此処, 其処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. how much (long, far); what extent  (see also: 何れ程)
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expression, noun, adverb
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects  (often written with kana only)
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but (archaic)
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prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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Most common form: っこ
suffix
1. doing; in such a state  (see also: 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ; abbreviation)
2. doing together; contest; match  (see also: 睨めっこ)
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noun
arc
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Most common form: 固化
solidification
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particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
2. from (originator); by
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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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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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emptiness; vacuum; blank
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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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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'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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rare; seldom  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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noun
space; room; time; pause
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noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手; colloquialism)
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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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-like; typical
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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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noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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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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noun
falcon (Falconidae spp.); hawk  (often written with kana only)
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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Most common form: 多寡
noun
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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explanation; exposition
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Most common form: せつ
noun, noun (suffix)
1. theory; doctrine
noun
2. opinion; view
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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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Most common form:
1. clearly; brightly  (archaic)
2. cleanly; purely
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