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83 partial word matches found in search '電話が殺到しておりまして、お待ちいただいて申し訳ございません。'
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1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 稲妻
Word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage
noun
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
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Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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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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rush; flood
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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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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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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noun
handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand
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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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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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noun
cage; pen; jail cell; gaol cell
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noun
weave; weaving; woven item
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interjection (kandoushi)
oh! (expression of slight surprise)
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noun
1. opportunity; chance; occasion; time  (esp. 折)
noun, counter
2. fold; pleat; crease  (esp. 折り)
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noun
1. cord; strap; thong
2. string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
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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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expression, adverb
1. still more; to say nothing of; not to mention  (often written with kana only)
2. still less  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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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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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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noun, noun (suffix)
waiting; waiting time
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noun
blood; consanguinity
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Most common form: 地位
noun
(social) position; status
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. earth; ground; land; soil
2. place
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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. board; plank
2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
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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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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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1. ordinary; common; usual  (often written with kana only)
2. free of charge  (only 只; often written with kana only)
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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: 多大
heavy; much
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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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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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particle
1. marks wh-question (what, where, who)  (familiar language)
2. strengthens one's judgment or conclusion  (children's language)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
2. support; holder; rack
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noun
1. title; subject; theme; topic
2. problem (on a test); question
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noun, prefix
ordinal
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Most common form: 申訳
apology; excuse
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noun
ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)
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interjection (kandoushi)
excuse me! (when calling out to someone)  (archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
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Most common form: わけ
noun
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation  (often written with kana only)
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noun
rush mat; matting; mat  (often written with kana only)
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numeric
five  (伍 is used in legal documents)
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prefix
1. honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. honorific suffix  (after a noun indicating a person; honorific)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. language
2. word
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noun
go (board game of capturing territory)
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Most common form: ざあ
expression
if it is not ...; if it does not ...  (see also: まい; after the -nai stem of a verb, usu. accompanied by まい, esp. as 〜ざあなるまい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. seat; place; position
2. status
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. fortune; riches
2. goods
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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Most common form: 居間
noun
living room (Western style)
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expression
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense  (see also: ない, ます; polite (teineigo) language)
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Most common form: まし
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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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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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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Most common form:
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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