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127 partial word matches found in search '税金で運営されている公立図書館の存在意義は、学問的に価値のある本や手に入りにくい本など、さまざまな種類の本を一冊でも多くそろえていることだ。'
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noun
tax; duty
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noun, suffix
tax
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noun
1. money  (see also: お金)
2. metal
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)
2. valuable; of highest value
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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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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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Most common form: うん
noun
fortune; luck
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management; administration; operation
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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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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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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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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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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (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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'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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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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Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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Most common form: 射る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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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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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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noun
public (institution)
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public; open; formal; official; governmental
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noun, suffix
1. public matter; governmental matter  (see also: )
2. prince; duke
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noun
public library  (see also: 公開図書館)
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1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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noun
library  (also written 圕)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph
2. sight; scene
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noun
books
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. document; book
noun
2. penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
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noun
letter; writings
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noun
1. mansion; small castle
2. nobleman; noblewoman  (honorific)
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noun, suffix
house; hall; building
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noun
inn  (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
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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existence; being
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noun
meaning of life; meaning of one's existence  (yojijukugo)
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noun
1. country; countryside
2. outskirts; suburbs
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noun
meaning; significance
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noun
1. feelings; thoughts
2. meaning
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1. morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
2. meaning
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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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1. scholarship; study; learning
noun
2. discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
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suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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Most common form: もん
suffix, counter
counter for questions
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Most common form: とい
noun
question; query
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-like; typical
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noun
mark; target
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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
value; worth; merit
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noun (suffix), counter
valence; valency  (see also: 原子価, イオン価; chemistry term)
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1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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Most common form:
(same as above)
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suffix
level; value
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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a certain ...; some ...; one ...  (often written with kana only)
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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. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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particle
1. such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and
2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as  (see also: や否や; after the dictionary form of a verb)
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suffix
1. (something) shop  (see also: パン屋; usu. 屋)
2. somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)  (see also: 殺し屋; usu. 屋, can be derog.)
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noun
1. arrow
2. wedge; chock
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noun
spoke  (see also: スポーク)
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. entering
2. setting (of the sun)
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suffix, counter
counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye)  (archaic)
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Most common form: 入り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. entering
2. setting (of the sun)
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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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auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
difficult to ...; hard to ...  (see also: 為難い; after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. flesh
2. meat
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Most common form: 憎い
1. hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable
2. amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful  (often with irony)
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numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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noun
ward; district; section
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
2. phrase  (linguistics terminology)
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Most common form: 悔い
noun
regret; repentance
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noun
1. stake; post; pile; picket  (esp. 杭, 杙)
2. stump  (see also: ; esp. 株; abbreviation; archaic)
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particle
1. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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particle
1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth  (often written with kana only)
2. or something  (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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but (archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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Most common form: 様々
varied; various
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.  (after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: お粗末さまでした; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; 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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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: ざあ
expression
if it is not ...; if it does not ...  (see also: まい; after the -nai stem of a verb, usu. accompanied by まい, esp. as 〜ざあなるまい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. seat; place; position
2. status
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noun
1. mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight  (derogatory; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. -ways; -wards  (indicates direction)
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noun
1. variety; kind; type; category
2. counter for different sorts of things
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noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. kind; variety
2. (biological) species
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. cause; seed; origin  (oft. ぐさ in compounds)
noun
2. variety; kind
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family
2. similar example; parallel; the like
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Most common form: 類い
noun
1. kind; sort; type  (often written with kana only)
2. equal; match; peer  (see also: 類いする, 類いない)
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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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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noun
one copy (e.g. book)
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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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1. counter for books
noun
2. volume  (obscure term)
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noun
imperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)
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conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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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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Most common form:
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun, prefix
multi-
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