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125 partial word matches found in search '計画を立てる前に、あまり慎重にしすぎると、計画そのものが、ひっくり返ることも、時にはあり得るだろう。'
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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
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Most common form: けい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. plan
2. meter; measuring device
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Most common form:
noun
progress  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix), counter
1. stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
2. draw (a character)
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noun
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise  (also written as 起てる)
2. to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into
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suffix
1. particularly; especially
2. indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
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Most common form: たて
prefix
1. central; main; head; chief
suffix
2. just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred  (often written with kana only)
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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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Most common form: ている
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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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to shine
2. to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)  (see also: 曇る; from 面照る)
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noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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noun (prefix)
1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
2. pre- (e.g. "premodern")  (before the name of an era)
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ahead; before; ago
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noun, 'no' adjective, noun (suffix), prefix
1. previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
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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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'na' adjective, adverb, 'no' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant  (often written with kana only)
2. not very (with negative sentence); not much  (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. nun  (colloquialism)
2. bitch  (derogatory)
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Most common form: 海女
noun
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)  (see also: 海人)
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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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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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careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate  (opposite: 軽率)
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suffix, counter
-fold; -ply  (see also: ; counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
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noun
1. multi-tiered food box; stacked boxes  (see also: 重箱; abbreviation)
noun (prefix)
2. heavy
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1. chief; main; principal; important  (see also: 主な, 主に)
2. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)  (see also: 重あど; usu. written as オモ; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 西
noun
west
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Most common form: 二死
noun
two out; two down (and one to go)  (baseball term)
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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, 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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noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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noun
official; civil service
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Most common form: 為過ぎる
to overdo; to do too much  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. past; after
2. too (much); over- (e.g. eating)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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noun
vinegar
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: スギ
noun
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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Most common form:
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal  (see also: 盗む, がめる; slang)
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1. morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
2. meaning
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noun
1. ceremony
2. matter; affair
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noun
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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noun
way
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Most common form:
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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1. that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the  (see also: 何の, 此の, 其れ, 彼の; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. um...; er...; uh...
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Most common form: その物
expression, noun, noun (suffix)
the very thing; itself  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation  (see also: りんご園; えん usually when a suffix)
2. place; location  (see also: 学びの園)
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noun
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
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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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noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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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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particle
1. indicates reason or excuse  (used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね)
2. indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged  (at sentence-end; female term or language)
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Most common form:
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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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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noun, noun (suffix)
fire; flame; blaze
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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Most common form: 灯火
noun
light; lamp; torch
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noun
1. fault; error; mistake
2. going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable
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noun
princess; consort
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Most common form:
noun (suffix)
cost; expense
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noun
rook  (see also: 飛車; shogi term; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. ratio; proportion
noun
2. match; equal
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noun
no; the noes
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noun
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)  (often written with kana only)
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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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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come back; to go back  (esp. 返る)
2. to turn over  (see also: 裏返る)
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noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. particle indicating a command  (particle always used at sentence-end)
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm  (often as ことね; female term or language)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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noun
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2. stringed instrument  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading こと)
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Most common form: っこ
suffix
1. doing; in such a state  (see also: 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ; abbreviation)
2. doing together; contest; match  (see also: 睨めっこ)
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noun
arc
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. together with
2. same
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particle
1. certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although  (usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem)
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companion; follower; attendant; retinue  (see also: お供)
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noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case  (this meaning is restricted to form 時)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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Most common form: ときに
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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expression, adverb
at times; occasionally
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noun (suffix)
time for -; time of -; - time; (suitable) time to -  (see also: 食事時)
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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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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interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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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
ant  (often written with kana only)
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1. existing (at the present moment)  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. alright; acceptable; passable  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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Nidan verb with 'u' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable  (see also: 有り得る, 有り得ない)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win  (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.)
2. to understand; to comprehend
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1. profit; advantage; benefit; gain  (also written as 徳)
2. rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana  (Buddhist term)
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suffix
1. to be able to ...; can ...  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
expression
2. to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain  (see also: , 得る)
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Nidan verb with 'u' ending (archaic), transitive verb
1. to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain  (see also: 得る)
2. to be possible  (as 〜することを得, etc.)
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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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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Most common form: だろう
expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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noun
wax
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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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Most common form:
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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1 word found matching '計画を立てる前に、あまり慎重にしすぎると、計画そのものが、ひっくり返ることも、時にはあり得るだろう。' when conjugated
expression, ichidan verb
to make plans
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