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75 partial word matches found in search '運転は下手だが、彼はどうにか運転免許に合格した。'
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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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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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Most common form:
noun
leaf
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Most common form:
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
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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1. unskillful; poor; awkward  (opposite: 上手)
2. imprudent; untactful
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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noun
1. lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
2. second volume (of two); third volume (of three)  (see also: 下巻; opposite: )
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noun
1. lower reaches (of a river)  (opposite: )
2. bottom; lower part
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noun
1. humble position; inferior
2. underarm grip on opponent's belt  (sumo term)
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noun
1. lower part; foot; lower direction
2. left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
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under (being in said condition or environment)
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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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: ですが
conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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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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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: あれ
noun
1. that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly)  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 其れ; often written with kana only)
2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
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Most common form: 波動
1. wave motion; undulation; surge
2. wave  (physics terminology)
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how; in what way; how about  (see also: 斯う, 然う, ああ; often written with kana only)
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but (archaic)
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in some way or other; one way or another
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interjection (kandoushi)
whoa (command used to stop a horse, etc.)  (see also: どうどう)
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noun
motion; change; confusion
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noun
1. trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
2. plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
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prefix
the same; the said; ibid.
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Most common form:
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. temple; shrine; chapel
2. hall
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Most common form:
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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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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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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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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Most common form:
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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noun
driver's license; driver's licence
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Most common form: めんきょ
license; permit; licence; certificate
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noun
dismissal
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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Most common form: ばかり
particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than  (often written with kana only)
2. approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 許し
particle
1. approximately; about  (see also: 許り; often written with kana only; colloquialism)
2. only; nothing but  (see also: 許り)
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success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
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noun
1. 0.18039 litres (liters)
2. 0.3306 metres square (meters)
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noun
1. between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing  (see also: 合い服; also written as 間; abbreviation)
suffix
2. together
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. status; position; rank
noun
2. method; way; style
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noun
amendment (of the ritsuryo)  (see also: 律令; archaic)
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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
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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Most common form:
noun
1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
2. bottom
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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, noun (suffix)
city
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun
official; civil service
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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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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun, prefix
multi-
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