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68 partial word matches found in search '美智子はまるで北極に行って来たような口ぶりだ。'
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noun, noun (suffix)
beauty
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prefix
1. august  (honorific)
2. beautiful
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noun
1. wisdom
2. jnana (higher knowledge)  (Buddhist term)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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noun
1. child (esp. a boy)
2. viscount  (see also: 子爵)
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noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
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suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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noun
first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
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noun
1. child  (obscure term)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. interest  (obscure term)
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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
1. beach; seashore
2. captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones  (see also: 揚げ浜; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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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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Most common form: ハマる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to fit; to get into; to go into  (often written with kana only)
2. to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions)  (often written with kana only)
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1. quite; entirely; completely; at all  (often written with kana only)
2. as if; as though; just like  (often written with kana only)
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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. circle  (see also: )
noun, noun (prefix)
2. entirety; whole; full; complete
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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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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: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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1. North Pole
2. the Arctic  (see also: 北極圏; abbreviation)
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noun
1. north wind tile  (mahjong term)
2. winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles  (mahjong term)
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noun
1. pole
2. climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
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Most common form: ごく
1. quite; very  (often written with kana only)
numeric
2. 10^48; quindecillion  (this meaning is restricted to form 極)
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noun
end; limit; extremity  (archaic)
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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. line (i.e. of text); row; verse
2. carya (austerities)  (Buddhist term)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. going; travelling (traveling)
2. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
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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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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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prefix
1. next (year, etc.)
suffix
2. since (last month, etc.)
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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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Most common form: 多様
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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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1. busyness; a lot of things to do
2. frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
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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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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; 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. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis
2. (used with masu stem verb) command  (from なさい; abbreviation)
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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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noun
1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
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noun
1. way of speaking
2. intimation
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suffix, counter
1. counter for people or implements  (usu. こう)
noun
2. mouth; speech  (Buddhist term; this meaning is restricted to reading く)
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suffix
1. style; manner  (often written with kana only)
2. after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)  (see also: 久しぶり; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ブリ
noun
Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department (in an organization); division; bureau  (higher than a 課)
2. club
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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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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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