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107 partial word matches found in search '田中さんは駅の近くで小さな文房具店を経営して生活を立てています。'
た 1
noun
rice field
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ち ゅ う 1
noun, prefix, suffix
1. medium; average; middle  (see also: 並)
noun
2. moderation
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な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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suffix
1. through; throughout; in the course of
2. all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
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noun
red dragon tile  (see also: 紅中; mahjong term; abbreviation)
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う ち 0 う ち 1
Most common form: うち
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: 様; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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さ
suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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さ ん 0
Most common form: 三
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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さ
Most common form: 差
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 酸
noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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さ ん 1
Most common form: 賛
noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ん
Most common form: の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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ん
Most common form: ン
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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は
particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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は
は 1
Most common form: 歯
noun
tooth
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は
は 0
Most common form: 葉
noun
leaf
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は
は 1
Most common form: 派
noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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は
は 1
Most common form: 刃
noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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は
は 1 は 0
Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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え き 1
noun
station
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の
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: 乃; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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の
の 1
Most common form: 野
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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ち か く 2 ち か く 1
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity  (see also: 近い)
noun (suffix)
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
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く
く 1 く 0
Most common form: ９
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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く
く 1
Most common form: 区
noun
ward; district; section
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く
く 1
Most common form: 句
noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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で
particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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で
で 0 で 1
Most common form: 出
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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し ょ う 1
noun, noun (prefix)
1. smallness; small item
2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)  (see also: 小の月)
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prefix
1. small; little; slight  (see also: 小皿)
2. slightly less than; just about  (see also: 小半日, 弱)
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ち い さ な 1
small; little; tiny  (see also: 大きな)
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さ 0
prefix
narrow; thin
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prefix
small; little  (see also: さざ波)
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noun
baby; infant  (archaic)
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prefix
1. small; narrow  (see also: 小川)
2. familiar prefix  (see also: 小野)
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suffix
small; little; dear (figurative sense)  (regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
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な
particle
1. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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な
な 0
Most common form: 名
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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な
な 1
Most common form: 菜
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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ぶ ん 1
noun
1. sentence
2. composition; text; writings
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ぶ ん ぼ う ぐ 3
noun
stationery
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ふ み 1
noun
letter; writings
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noun
stationery shop; stationer
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も ん 1
noun
1. one-thousandth of a kan (obsolete unit of currency)
2. 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes)
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noun
study; library  (see also: 書斎; obsolete term)
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noun
1. figure; design  (often written with kana only)
2. twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes
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ふ さ 2
noun
1. tuft; tassel
noun, counter
2. bunch (of grapes, etc.)
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ぼ う 1
noun
1. chamber; room
2. home of a monk; monk  (see also: 坊)
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ぐ 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. tool; means; ingredients
2. counter for armor (armour), suits, sets of furniture
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つ ま 2
noun
1. wife
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic)
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み せ 2
noun
store; shop; establishment; restaurant  (orig. an abbr. of 店棚, 見世棚)
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noun (suffix)
-store; -shop  (see also: 土産店)
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noun
1. merchant's home  (see also: 御店)
2. rented home  (see also: 御店)
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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け い え い 0
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
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た て い と 0
Most common form: たていと
noun
(weaving) warp
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け い 1
noun
1. warp (weaving)
2. longitude
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た て 1
Most common form: たて
noun
1. the vertical; height
2. front-to-back; length
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き ょ う 0
Most common form: きょう
noun
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
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Most common form: 歴
Nidan verb (upper class) with `hu/fu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to pass; to elapse; to go by  (archaic)
2. to pass through; to go through  (archaic)
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し て 0 し て 2
noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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せ い か つ 0
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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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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せ い 1
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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き 1
noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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う ぶ 1
Most common form: 初
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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か つ 1
noun
1. living; life
2. judo art of resuscitation  (see also: 活を入れる)
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especially; particularly; wholeheartedly
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suffix
1. particularly; especially
2. indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
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Most common form: たて
prefix
1. central; main; head; chief
suffix
2. just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred  (often written with kana only)
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い
particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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い ま す 2
Yodan verb with `su' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to be  (honorific; archaic)
2. to go; to come  (honorific; archaic)
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い ま 1
Most common form: 今
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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い
い 0
Most common form: 胃
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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い ま 2 い ま 0
Most common form: 居間
noun
living room (Western style)
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い
Most common form: 井
noun
well
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い
い 1
Most common form: 医
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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い
Most common form: 偉
greatness
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い
Most common form: 位
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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auxiliary verb
1. used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)  (see also: ませ; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to indicate respect for those affected by the action  (archaic; humble)
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noun
trout; sea trout  (often written with kana only)
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ま
ま 1
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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ま す 2
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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ま す 2 ま す 0
Most common form: 升
noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
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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す
Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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す
す 1
Most common form: 酢
noun
vinegar
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す
す 1 す 0
Most common form: 巣
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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す
す 1
Most common form: 素
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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