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49 partial word matches found in search '運転手はどちらの道を行ったらよいのかと私に尋ねた。'
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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
driver; chauffeur
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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: 点手
noun
tuning peg (of a shamisen, etc.)
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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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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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particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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Most common form:
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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Most common form:
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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1. which way; which direction; where  (see also: 此方, 其方, 彼方; どちら is polite; often written with kana only)
2. which one (esp. of two alternatives)
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but (archaic)
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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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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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Most common form:
noun
blood; consanguinity
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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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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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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Most common form:
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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Most common form:
noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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Most common form:
noun
1. way; road  (see also: ; ち only; archaic)
noun (suffix)
2. way to ...; road to ...  (usu. ぢ)
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noun
1. road  (abbreviation)
2. way
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particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
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noun
1. line (i.e. of text); row; verse
2. carya (austerities)  (Buddhist term)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. going; travelling (traveling)
2. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
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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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Most common form:
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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noun
I; me  (archaic; regional dialect: Kantou-ben)
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I; me  (female term or language; often written with kana only)
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I (mainly used by working men); myself
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pronoun
1. I; me  (archaic; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
2. you (used toward people of equal or lower status)  (this meaning is restricted to reading わい)
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noun
private affairs; personal matter  (see also: )
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I; me  (archaic; humble; female term or language)
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I; me (used by elderly males)  (often written with kana only)
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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
question; inquiry; asking
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noun
fathom
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particle
1. indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so  (at sentence end)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. hey; come on; listen
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Most common form:
noun
1. root (of a plant)
2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
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Most common form: ネタ
noun
1. material; joke material; contents  (see also: ; from たね, kana reversed)
2. proof; evidence
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