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60 partial word matches found in search '私の父はビリヤードの玉のように頭がつるつるだ。'
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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 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
father  (see also: ; とと and ちゃん are used by children; humble)
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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
billiards
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Most common form: びり
noun
last on the list; at the bottom
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Most common form: リア
noun, prefix, 'na' adjective
rear
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noun
yard (unit of distance)  (often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
yes  (originally from German 'ja')
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Most common form: いや
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
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noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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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
doh; do; 1st note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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noun
1. ball; sphere; globe; orb
2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
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noun
1. precious stone (esp. jade)  (also formerly read as ごく)
2. egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping)  (food term)
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expression, adverb
1. like; similar to  (often written with kana only)
2. as with; in the same way  (often written with kana only)
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noun (suffix), noun
1. appearing ...; looking ...  (see also: 様だ; usu. after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. way to ...; method of ...ing  (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
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particle
1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.  (at sentence-end)
2. used when calling out to someone  (after a noun)
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auxiliary verb
1. (I) will; (I) shall  (on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう, indicates intention)
auxiliary verb
2. let's  (on non-五段 stem, indicates suggestion or invitation)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: )
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get drunk; to become intoxicated
2. to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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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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noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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noun
shape of one's head  (archaic; often written with kana only)
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noun
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin  (often written with kana only; derogatory)
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suffix
1. top of ..; head of ..  (after a noun)
2. the moment that ..  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Most common form: とう
counter
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)
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noun
head
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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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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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1. to hang; to suspend (something from something); to be hanged (by the neck)
2. to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth  (sumo term)
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to cramp; to be cramped; to contract  (often written with kana only)
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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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noun
1. vine; bine; tendril; runner  (often written with kana only)
2. bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
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Most common form: 釣る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fish; to angle; to catch
2. to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure  (see also: 釣られる)
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noun
1. bowstring
2. string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
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noun
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
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Most common form: ツルツル
1. slick; slippery; smooth; sleek  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. slurping (noodles)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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