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82 partial word matches found in search '長男の名前はおじさんの名前から取りました。'
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noun
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
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noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. merit; strong point  (see also: )
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prefix, suffix
long
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noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. the greatest of all; the most excellent
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noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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noun
1. office; official  (usu. 官,司,寮; archaic)
2. chief; head  (usu. 首,長)
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noun, noun (prefix)
1. man; male  (see also: )
noun
2. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
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Most common form: 男の子
noun
man; boy  (see also: 女の子; archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix), counter
son
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noun (prefix), noun (suffix), noun
1. male; man  (see also: )
noun
2. husband  (archaic)
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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. name; full name  (see also: 名字, )
2. given name; first name
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noun
1. name; given name
2. title
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1. counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)  (honorific)
noun
2. first name
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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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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. 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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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
1. uncle  (伯父さん is older than one's parent and 叔父さん is younger; honorific; familiar language; often written with kana only)
2. old man; mister (vocative)  (usu. 小父さん or おじさん; familiar language; often written with kana only)
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prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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Most common form: 叔父
noun
uncle  (see also: 叔母:おば; 伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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noun
1. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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Most common form: 時差
noun
time difference
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Most common form: 持参
bringing; taking; carrying
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Most common form: 自賛
self-praise; praising oneself
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noun
hemorrhoids; piles
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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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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numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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noun
1. acid
2. sourness; sour taste
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noun
1. praise; tribute
2. inscription (on a painting)
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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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 (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
2. from (originator); by
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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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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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emptiness; vacuum; blank
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noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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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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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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noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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noun
appropriation; obtaining  (see also: 十二因縁; Buddhist term)
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noun (suffix)
1. samurai receiving this much rice as a fee  (after a quantity)
2. offering of rice cake containing this much rice
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Most common form: 取り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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Most common form: 取り
noun (suffix)
1. samurai receiving this much rice as a fee  (after a quantity)
2. offering of rice cake containing this much rice
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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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1. better; less objectionable; preferable  (esp. マシ; often written with kana only)
noun (suffix)
2. more; increase; extra
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auxiliary
1. please  (see also: ます; used to make a polite request or demand; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
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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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right under; directly below
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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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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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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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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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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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