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64 partial word matches found in search '現役を引退した後、テレサは孤児の世話に一身をささげた。'
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1. active duty; active service
2. student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try  (see also: 浪人; often as 現役で)
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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. use; service; role
2. post; position
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noun
1. war; campaign; battle
2. unpaid work (ritsuryo system); forced labor  (archaic)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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retire
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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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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suffix
after  (see also: 午後)
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Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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1. later; afterwards; since  (often written with kana only)
2. future  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
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noun
1. re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
unclassified
2. le; the  (originally from French)
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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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Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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1. being alone; solitude; loneliness​
noun
2. orphan  (see also: 孤児; obscure term)
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Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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counter
1. counter for children
noun (suffix), noun
2. child; boy
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noun
baby; child  (やや is an abbr. of ややこ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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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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looking after; help; aid; assistance
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noun
world; society; age; generation
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1. counter for generations
noun (suffix)
2. epoch  (geology, etc. term)
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Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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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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numeric, prefix
1. one  (see also: ワン; 1 can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
2. best
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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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noun
oneself; one's own interests; throughout the body
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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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noun
partisans; gang; conspirators
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most  (archaic)
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Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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noun
1. body
2. oneself
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noun
(dead) body; corpse
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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noun
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
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suffix
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of  (often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
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Most common form: 下駄
noun
1. geta; Japanese wooden clogs
2. turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character  (see also: 伏せ字; later printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta)
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