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102 partial word matches found in search '通勤中に眠ってしまって、電車を降りようと思って、立ち上がったら知らない駅に着いたことに気づいた。'
つ う き ん 0
commuting to work
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つ う 0
'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. connoisseur; authority
2. counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
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な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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suffix
1. through; throughout; in the course of
2. all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
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ち ゅ う 1
noun, prefix, suffix
1. medium; average; middle  (see also: 並)
noun
2. moderation
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noun
red dragon tile  (see also: 紅中; mahjong term; abbreviation)
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う ち 0 う ち 1
Most common form: うち
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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に
particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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に
に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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に
に 1
Most common form: 荷
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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に
に 1
Most common form: 丹
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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て
auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: で; で after certain verb forms)
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て
て 1
Most common form: 手
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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て
Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: と; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun, noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
stripe; bar; streak  (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 四
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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し ま 2
Most common form: 島
noun
1. island
2. territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf  (often written with kana only)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 死
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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し
し 0
Most common form: 詩
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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し
し 1
Most common form: 市
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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し
し 1
Most common form: 史
noun (suffix), noun
history
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し
Most common form: 誌
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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し
し 1
Most common form: 仕
noun
official; civil service
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ま
ま 1
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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ま
ま 0
Most common form: 間
noun
space; room; time; pause
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ま
ま 0 ま 1
Most common form: 魔
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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で ん し ゃ 0
noun
train; electric train
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い な ず ま 0
Most common form: 稲妻
Word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage
noun
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
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く る ま 0
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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を
を 0
particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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ふ り 2
noun
1. rainfall; snowfall
2. alighting; descending  (see also: 降りる)
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noun
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles  (mahjong term; often written with kana only)
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り よ う 0
Most common form: 利用
use; utilization; utilisation; application
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り
Most common form: 理
noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)  (see also: 事; Buddhist term)
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り
り 1
Most common form: 里
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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り
り 1
Most common form: 利
noun
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
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り よ う 0
Most common form: 理容
noun
barbering; haircutting; hairdressing
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よ う 1
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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よ
よ 1
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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よ う と 1
Most common form: 用途
noun
use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose
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よ う 1
Most common form: 用
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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よ う 1
'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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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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う
Most common form: ウ
noun
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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と
particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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と
と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
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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た ち 2
Most common form: たち
noun
1. departure; setting off; start
2. being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
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ち
ち 0
Most common form: 血
noun
blood; consanguinity
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ち
Most common form: 地
noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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う え 0 う え 2
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
2. top; summit
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noun, prefix
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
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じ ょ う 1
noun (suffix)
1. from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
2. aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
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か み 1
noun
1. upper reaches (of a river); upper stream  (opposite: 下)
2. top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
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が
particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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が
noun
moth
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っ た ら 1
Most common form: たら
conjunction, particle
1. indicates supposition; if ... then; when; after
particle
2. (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation  (usu. ったら)
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た ら 1
(same as above)
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た
auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: だ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: だ)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 他
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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た
た 1
Most common form: 多
noun, prefix
multi-
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ら
Most common form: 等
suffix
1. and others; and the like; and followers; et al.; pluralizing suffix  (often written with kana only)
2. or so  (see also: あちら, いくら; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; often written with kana only)
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ち 1
noun
1. wisdom
2. jnana (higher knowledge)  (Buddhist term)
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1. unknown; strange
2. I don't care; I don't know and I feel nothing  (idiomatic expression)
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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な
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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auxiliary adjective
1. not  (verb-negating suffix, may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
2. emphatic suffix  (see also: 忙しない; after the root of an adjective)
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な
な 0
Most common form: 名
noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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な
な 1
Most common form: 菜
noun
1. greens; vegetables
2. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
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suffix
inside; within  (opposite: 外)
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い
particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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い
い 0
Most common form: 胃
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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い
Most common form: 井
noun
well
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い
い 1
Most common form: 医
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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い
Most common form: 偉
greatness
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い
Most common form: 位
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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え き 1
noun
station
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1. counter for suits of clothing
suffix
2. arriving at ...  (see also: 到着)
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noun (suffix)
clothes; outfit; uniform
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い た 1
noun
1. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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Most common form: イタコ
noun
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman  (see also: 巫子, 口寄せ)
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た こ 3
noun
kite
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Most common form: タコ
noun
octopus  (often written with kana only)
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た こ 1
Most common form: タコ
callus; callosity; corn  (often written with kana only)
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こ と 2
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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こ
Most common form: 子
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔)
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こ
こ 1
Most common form: 個
counter
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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こ と 1
Most common form: 琴
noun
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2. stringed instrument  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading こと)
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こ
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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こ と に 1
1. especially; particularly; unusually; above all
2. additionally  (archaic)
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こ
こ 1
Most common form: 弧
noun
arc
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き 0
noun
1. spirit; mind; heart  (see also: 気を逸らす)
2. nature; disposition  (see also: 気が小さい)
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け 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling
noun (prefix)
2. somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
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suffix
-like nature; -like disposition; -ish temperament
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suffix
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of  (often written with kana only)
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