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106 partial word matches found in search '私が午後十一時に電話したとき、彼女はすでに床についていた。'
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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noun
I; me  (archaic; regional dialect: Kantou-ben)
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I; me  (female term or language; often written with kana only)
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I (mainly used by working men); myself
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pronoun
1. I; me  (archaic; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
2. you (used toward people of equal or lower status)  (this meaning is restricted to reading わい)
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noun
private affairs; personal matter  (see also: )
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I; me  (archaic; humble; female term or language)
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I; me (used by elderly males)  (often written with kana only)
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
afternoon; p.m.
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noun
seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. noon; midday  (see also: 御昼)
2. daytime
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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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numeric
ten  (拾 is used in legal documents)
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noun
1. 11; eleven  (this meaning is restricted to reading じゅういち)
2. Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo  (ateji derived from its call; often written with kana only)
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noun
eleven o'clock
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noun
type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days  (often written with kana only)
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numeric
ten  (originally from Chinese 'shí')
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. one o'clock
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. once; at one time; formerly; before
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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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numeric
one  (originally from Chinese 'yī')
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at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
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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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Most common form: ひととき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. moment; a (short) time; a while  (often written with kana only)
2. former times  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ひととき)
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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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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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Most common form: ときに
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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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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1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 稲妻
Word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage
noun
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
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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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noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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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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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
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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
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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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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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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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pronoun
1. she; her
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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: あれ
noun
1. that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly)  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 其れ; often written with kana only)
2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: ; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. woman; girl; daughter
2. Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 玄武; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. female; woman  (see also: )
noun
2. wife  (archaic)
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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. sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus  (often written with kana only)
2. rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)  (see also: 木槿)
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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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already; too late  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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Most common form: 素手
unarmed; bare hands
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particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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Most common form:
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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noun
1. floor
2. stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
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noun
1. bed; bedding
2. sickbed
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counter for beds
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expression
1. about; concerning; regarding  (see also: につきまして; often written with kana only)
2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every  (often written with kana only)
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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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1. just (now)
2. quite (near)
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noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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conjunction
1. indicates two contrasting actions  (see also: 浮きつ沈みつ, 追いつ追われつ; form: ...つ...つ)
particle
2. indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)  (archaic)
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expression
about; concerning; as to; regarding  (often written with kana only)
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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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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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Most common form:
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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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. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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