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105 partial word matches found in search '私は長年議長を務めてきたので、もうそろそろ引退しようかと思っている。'
わ た し 0
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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あ た し 0
I; me  (female term or language; often written with kana only)
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あ っ し 0
I (mainly used by working men); myself
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わ て 0
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: 公)
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わ ら わ 1
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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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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な が ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long time; many years
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ち ょ う 1
noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. merit; strong point  (see also: 短)
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prefix, suffix
long
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お さ 1
noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. the greatest of all; the most excellent
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た け 2
Most common form: 丈
noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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つ か さ 0 つ か さ 2
Most common form: 官
noun
1. office; official  (usu. 官,司,寮; archaic)
2. chief; head  (usu. 首,長)
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と し 2
noun
1. year
2. age; years
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ね ん 1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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ぎ ち ょ う 1
noun
chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)
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ぎ 1
noun
1. discussion; deliberation
2. thought; opinion
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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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つ と め 3
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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め
Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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め
め 1
Most common form: 目
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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め
め 1
Most common form: 芽
noun
sprout
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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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て き 3
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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Most common form: 的
-like; typical
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き
き 0
Most common form: 気
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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き た 0 き た 2
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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き
き 1
Most common form: 黄
yellow
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き
き 1
Most common form: 記
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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き
き 1
Most common form: 期
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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た
auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: だ)
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expression
(usu. sentence end) indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc.  (see also: わ; abbr of ...ていたの)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 他
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 多
noun, prefix
multi-
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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 で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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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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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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も う 1 も う 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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も
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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も
も 0
Most common form: 藻
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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う そ 1
noun
1. lie; falsehood; incorrect fact
2. Really!; Unbelievable!; No way!  (colloquialism)
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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そ ろ そ ろ 1
1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; this meaning is restricted to reading そろそろ, ソロソロ)
2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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そ
そ 1
Most common form: 祖
noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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い ん た い 0
retire
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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し よ う 0
trial; experimental use
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し よ う 0
Most common form: 使用
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
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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 よ う 0
Most common form: 仕様
noun
1. way; method; means; resource; remedy
2. (technical) specification
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し よ う 0 し よ う 1
Most common form: 枝葉
1. leaves and branches; foliage
2. unimportant details; inessentials; side issues  (see also: 枝葉末節; esp. しよう)
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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 よ う 0
1. personal use  (see also: 公用)
2. private business
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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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よ う 1
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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よ
よ 1
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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よ う か 0
Most common form: 八日
noun
1. the eighth day of the month
2. eight days
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よ う 1
Most common form: 用
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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よ う 1
'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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う か 1
Most common form: 羽化
emergence (of insects); growing wings and flying
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か
particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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か
か 0
Most common form: 蚊
noun
mosquito
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か
か 1
Most common form: 可
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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か
か 1
Most common form: 課
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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か
Most common form: 科
noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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か と 1
Most common form: 過渡
noun
1. crossing; ferry
2. transient
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か
Most common form: 架
noun
rack; mount; stand
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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と
と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
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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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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ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
indicates continuing action or state (e.g. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (from ..て or で plus いる; colloquialism)
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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (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
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 る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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い る 1
Most common form: 煎る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
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い る 1
Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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い る 1
Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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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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