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97 partial word matches found in search '私達が一生懸命がんばっても、ジェーンには勝てませんでした。'
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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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Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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noun
friend  (see also: 友達; colloquialism; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: たち
suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (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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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
1. whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
2. (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
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'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life  (see also: 一所懸命; yojijukugo)
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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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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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'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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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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noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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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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eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
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Most common form: 掛け
noun
1. credit  (see also: 掛け売り, 掛け買い; abbreviation)
2. money owed on an account; bill
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noun
1. life; life force  (see also: 生命; sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
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noun
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble  (honorific)
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noun
1. command; decree
2. life
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noun (suffix), noun
1. Lord; Highness  (after the name of a god or a noble)
pronoun
2. you  (archaic; derogatory)
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interjection (kandoushi)
go for it; keep at it  (see also: 頑張って; children's language)
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1. thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. severe; difficult; hard
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noun
prayer; wish; vow
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Most common form: ガン
noun
cancer  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ガン
noun
1. wild goose  (often written with kana only)
2. glans; head of a penis  (see also: 雁首; often written with kana only; abbreviation; colloquialism)
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Most common form: 頑張って
expression
do your best; go for it; hold on; keep at it
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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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expression
if  (see also: ずんば; in kanbun style, after the aux. ず or adj. ~く forms; archaic)
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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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particle
1. if ... then; when
2. and  (often ...も...ば...も...)
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noun
1. place; spot; space
2. field; discipline; sphere; realm
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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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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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particle
1. even if; even though  (also でも, っても)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. wow  (see also: さても; abbreviation)
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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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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
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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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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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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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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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. win; victory
2. beautiful scenery; scenic spot
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Most common form: 手間
noun
time; labour; labor; effort; trouble (in the sense of effort)
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expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense  (see also: ません; polite (teineigo) language)
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expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense  (see also: ない, ます; polite (teineigo) language)
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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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noun
space; room; time; pause
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Most common form:
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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Most common form: まし
auxiliary
1. please  (see also: ます; used to make a polite request or demand; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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Most common form: ので
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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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: 弟子
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper
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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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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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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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