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50 partial word matches found in search '英語を少ししか話せません。'
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English (language)
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noun
calyx; corolla  (botany term)
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noun, noun (prefix), noun (suffix)
Britain; British  (see also: 英吉利, 英国; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. language
2. word
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noun
1. talk; recital
2. narration
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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prefix
small; little; few
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expression
(nothing) but a little  (with neg. verb)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
patriot; public-spirited person
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noun
Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statues, placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs  (see also: 獅子; しーしー and しし are col.)
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numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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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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Most common form: 獅子
noun
1. lion
2. left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine  (see also: 狛犬)
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noun (suffix), noun
history
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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 四肢
limbs; extremities
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noun
official; civil service
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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noun
historian
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noun
market price; current price
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Most common form: 詩歌
Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
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Most common form: 鹿
noun
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
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Most common form: 歯科
noun
dentistry
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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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noun
mosquito
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noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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noun
rack; mount; stand
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Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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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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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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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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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: 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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