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72 partial word matches found in search '車を運転する前にブレーキを調べて調節しなさい。'
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Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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noun (suffix)
car; vehicle
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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Most common form: うん
noun
fortune; luck
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1. operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
2. driving
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noun
1. altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning
2. turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)  (see also: 転句; abbreviation)
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Most common form: くるり
1. turning around (once)  (often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. suddenly; abruptly
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Most common form: 転た
more and more; increasingly; all the more  (see also: 益々:ますます, 愈:いよいよ; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 倒す
Yodan verb with `su' ending (archaic), transitive verb
to knock down; to knock over  (see also: 転がす, 倒す, 転ける; archaic)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (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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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick someone's pocket  (see also: 掏摸; often written with kana only)
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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: 擦る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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Most common form: 刷る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
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1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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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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Most common form:
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
brake
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noun
1. camera shake; picture blur  (see also: 振れる)
2. deviation; slight shifting  (see also: 振れる)
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noun
1. re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
unclassified
2. le; the  (originally from French)
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noun
1. rake
2. lake (insoluble pigment)
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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, noun (suffix)
1. investigation; inspection; examination
2. tune; note; melody
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noun
1. pitch; tone; key
2. time; tempo
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Most common form: べえ
auxiliary
1. word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation  (see also: 可い; regional dialect: Kantou-ben, Touhoku-ben)
suffix
2. familiar suffix used after a personal name
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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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regulation; adjustment; control
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noun
1. joint; knuckle
2. tune; melody
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noun
1. occasion; time
2. section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
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noun
space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)  (archaic)
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noun (suffix)
characteristic way of speaking
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noun
knot (nautical mile per hour)  (often written with kana only)
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
China  (see also: 中国; often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji; sensitive; often written with kana only)
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suffix
having just started...  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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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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Most common form:
noun
1. article; item; thing; goods; stock  (esp. 品)
2. quality
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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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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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expression
do ...  (see also: 為さる; imperative form often used after the -masu stem of a verb; 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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suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
particle
2. (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion
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noun, noun (suffix)
debt; loan
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suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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noun
difference; disparity; gap
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Most common form:
prefix
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
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Most common form: サイ
noun
rhinoceros
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Most common form:
1. the most; the extreme
2. prime; conspicuous  (see also: 最たる)
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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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Most common form:
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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