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58 partial word matches found in search '私は手あたり次第に小説を読んだものだ。'
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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. 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. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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adverb, expression
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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noun
1. on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond)  (esp. ほとり; often written with kana only)
2. (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby
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noun
1. hit
2. success
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particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")  (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
2. (used adverbially) doing such things as...
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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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noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: ; Buddhist term)
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noun
1. Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)  (see also: 郷里制, 国郡里制)
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noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. dependent upon
2. as soon as; immediately (upon)  (often after the -masu stem of a verb)
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1. gradually (progress into a state)
2. in sequence; in order; in turn
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prefix
1. next
2. hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)  (see also: 次亜)
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1. next; following; subsequent
2. stage; station
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noun, prefix
ordinal
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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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novel; (short) story
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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, )
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prefix
narrow; thin
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prefix
small; little  (see also: さざ波)
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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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Most common form: せつ
noun, noun (suffix)
1. theory; doctrine
noun
2. opinion; view
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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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 (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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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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indicate reason; infers some protest
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noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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particle
1. indicates reason or excuse  (used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね)
2. indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged  (at sentence-end; female term or language)
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particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as AもBも)
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algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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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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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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